faggot — ODE · Shobdo

faggot /ˈfaɡət

▸ noun

1 North American English offensive, derogatory a gay man.

2 (US English fagot) a bundle of sticks bound together as fuel.

▪ a bundle of iron rods bound together for reheating, welding, and hammering into bars.

3 (faggots) British English a ball or roll of seasoned chopped liver, baked or fried.

4 British English derogatory, dated an unpleasant or contemptible woman.

▸ verb

( faggots)

(, faggoting)

(, faggoted)

(; US English fagots)

(, US English fagoting)

(, US English fagoted)

[with object]

1 archaic bind in or make into faggots.

2 (in embroidery) join by faggoting.

– ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘bundle of sticks for fuel’): from Old French fagot, from Italian fagotto, based on Greek phakelos ‘bundle’.