flaggy

¹

[ flag-ee ]

adjective

, flag·gi·er, flag·gi·est.

1. flagging; drooping; limp.

flaggy

²

[ flag-ee ]

adjective

1. consisting of or resembling flags or flagstone; laminate.

flaggy

³

[ flag-ee ]

adjective

1. abounding in, consisting of, or resembling flag plants.

flaggy

¹

/ ˈflæɡɪ /

adjective

1. drooping; limp

flaggy

²

/ ˈflæɡɪ /

adjective

1. made of or similar to flagstone

Word History and Origins

Origin of flaggy¹

First recorded in 1570–80; flag ³ + -y ¹

Origin of flaggy²

First recorded in 1840–50; flag ⁴ + -y ¹

Origin of flaggy³

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Middle English flaggi “reedy”; flag ², -y ¹

Example Sentences

The beds below these are referred to the English Yoredale series, and include some flaggy sandstones.

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Lower: Flaggy hard sandstones (ganister), shales and thin coal seams.

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And of this tufty flaggy ground, pocked with bogs and boglets, one especial nature is that it will not hold impressions.

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He was but a little man, and of no great strength of body; he had blackish haire, something flaggy, and I thinke his eies black.

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It was buried in the bottom of the deposit where the gravel rested on a flaggy limestone.

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