faggy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekder.

Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos)der.

Vulgar Latin *facusder.?

Old French fagotbor.

Middle English fagot

English faggotclip.

English fag

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English faggy

From fag + -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæɡi/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -æɡi
• Hyphenation: fag‧gy

Adjective

faggy (comparative faggier, superlative faggiest)

1. (chiefly derogatory, offensive, informal, vulgar) Effeminate; homosexual; gay.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

     Nat Hanmer was sitting on the floor beside him, and his warm thigh was pressed against his own. There was something charmingly faggy about Nat tonight. He nodded and smiled into Nick's eyes as he was talking.

   • 2026 March 7, @churrascooooo, X‎^[1]:

     i love the environment and nature but in a cool way not a faggy liberal way

Derived terms

• faggily
• fagginess

Scots

Etymology

fag (“fail from weariness, flag, falter”) +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfaɡɪ]

Adjective

faggy (comparative faggier, superlative faggiest)

1. tiring, wearisome