Meaning

noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man

verb ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch

noun a bundle of sticks and branches bound together

originFrom Middle English fagot, from Old French fagot (“bundle of sticks”), of uncertain origin. Unlikely from Old Occitan fagot or Italian fagotto, as these appear later than the Old French term. Compare also Italian fangotto and Spanish fajo (“bundle,…

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