flaggy

¹ American  

[flag-ee] / ˈflæg i /

adjective

flaggier, flaggiest

1. flagging; drooping; limp.

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flaggy ² American  

[flag-ee] / ˈflæg i /

adjective

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

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flaggy ³ American  

[flag-ee] / ˈflæg i /

adjective

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

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flaggy ¹ British  

/ ˈflæɡɪ /

adjective

1. drooping; limp

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flaggy ² British  

/ ˈflæɡɪ /

adjective

1. made of or similar to flagstone

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Etymology

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

Flaggy McFlagface became a minor celebrity on Twitter.

From BBC

From the Great Oolite Minchinhampton stone is obtained, and at its top is about 40 ft. of flaggy Oolite with bands of clay known as the Forest Marble.

From Project Gutenberg

After describing minutely how and where the homes of the honey-makers are to be placed, he offers them this delicate attention:— "Then o'er the running stream or standing lake A passage for thy weary people make; With osier floats the standing water strew; Of massy stones make bridges, if it flow; That basking in the sun thy bees may lie, And, resting there, their flaggy pinions dry."

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, many a pretty secret hast thou shown To me, O Beaver Pond, walking alone On summer afternoons, while yet the swallow Skimmed o'er each flaggy plash and gravelly shallow; Or when September turned the swamps to gold And purple.

From Project Gutenberg

V. Photograph of fossil casts of ice crystals seen on the under side of flaggy layer of calcareous sandy rock in the upper part of the Eagle Ford at Fossil Knobs, about two miles northwest from the Chisos Mining Company's property, Brewster County, Texas.

From Project Gutenberg