From American Heritage:
fag·got1 (f²g“…t) n. --fag·got v. Variant of fagot.
fag·got2 (f²g“…t) n. Offensive. Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a gay or homosexual man. [Perhaps from faggot, variant of fagot, bundle, lump, old woman.]
fag·ot also fag·got (f²g“…t) --n. 1. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together. 2. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars. --tr.v. fag·ot·ed also fag·got·ed, fag·ot·ing fag·got·ing, fag·ots fag·gots. 1. To collect or bind into a fagot; bundle. 2. To decorate with fagoting. [Middle English, from Old French, from Old Provençal, possibly from Vulgar Latin *facus, from Greek phakelos, bundle.] |
