Word Study
faggot
CIDE DICTIONARY
faggot, n. [perh. from fagot{5}, a shriveled old woman.].
- a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive. [WordNet 1.5]
- a bundle of sticks and branches bound together; -- same as fagot{1}. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
faggot, n. & v. (US fagot)
--n.
1 (usu. in pl.) a ball or roll of seasoned chopped liver etc., baked or fried.
2 a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.
3 a bundle of iron rods for heat treatment.
4 a bunch of herbs.
5 sl. derog. a an unpleasant woman. b US often offens. a male homosexual.
--v.tr. (faggoted, faggoting)
1 bind in or make into faggots.
2 join by faggoting (see FAGGOTING).
--n.
1 (usu. in pl.) a ball or roll of seasoned chopped liver etc., baked or fried.
2 a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.
3 a bundle of iron rods for heat treatment.
4 a bunch of herbs.
5 sl. derog. a an unpleasant woman. b US often offens. a male homosexual.
--v.tr. (faggoted, faggoting)
1 bind in or make into faggots.
2 join by faggoting (see FAGGOTING).
Derivative
faggoty adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF fagot, of uncert. orig.
THESAURUS
faggot
auntie, bi-guy, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, dyke, fag, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice, fruit, gunsel, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, invert, lesbian, nance, pansy, pathic, punk, queen, queer, sapphist, tribadeROGET THESAURUS
faggot
Fuel
N fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.For further exploring for "faggot" in Webster Dictionary Online