FAGGOT


Meaning of FAGGOT in English

n. & v. (US fagot)

--n.

1. (usu. in pl.) a ball or roll of seasoned chopped liver etc., baked or fried.

2 a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.

3 a bundle of iron rods for heat treatment.

4 a bunch of herbs.

5 sl. derog. a an unpleasant woman. b US often offens. a male homosexual.

--v.tr. (faggoted, faggoting)

1. bind in or make into faggots.

2 join by faggoting (see FAGGOTING).

Derivatives:

faggoty adj.

Etymology: ME f. OF fagot, of uncert. orig.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.