faggot

[ fag-uht ]

nounSlang.

Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay person, especially a gay man.
Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.

Origin of faggot

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; perhaps from faggot, a chiefly British contemptuous term for a woman; perhaps the same word as fagot

usage alert For faggot

The terms faggot and fag are both used with disparaging intent and are perceived as highly insulting. However, faggot (but not fag ) is sometimes used within the gay community as a positive term of self-reference.

Other words from faggot

fag·got·y, fag·got·ty, adjective

Words Nearby faggot

Other definitions for faggot (2 of 2)

faggot²

[ fag-uht ]

nounBritish.

fagot.

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How to use faggot in a sentence

In the same county, there is held annually the “Ash faggot Ball.”
Cultus Arborum | Anonymous
faggot, a bundle of bits of the stickings (hence probably its name) sold for food to the London poor.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
faggot-votes were chiefly used in county elections for members of Parliament.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various
In “Wind up the Bush faggot” we have again the tree or bush suggested, and the dancing and jumping, or stamping up and down.
The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol II of II) | Alice Bertha Gomme

British Dictionary definitions for faggot (1 of 2)

faggot¹

esp US fagot

/ (ˈfæɡət) /

noun

a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel
a bundle of iron bars, esp a box formed by four pieces of wrought iron and filled with scrap to be forged into wrought iron

a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried
a bundle of anything

verb(tr)

to collect into a bundle or bundles
needlework to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)

Origin of faggot

C14: from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundle

British Dictionary definitions for faggot (2 of 2)

faggot²

/ (ˈfæɡət) /

noun

slang, mainly US and Canadian a male homosexual: Often shortened to: fag

Origin of faggot

C20: special use of faggot 1

Derived forms of faggot

faggoty, adjective

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