fagot
/ˈfæɡ.ət/
fagot noun: a fagotto, or bassoon. Also the alternative spelling of faggot.
Noun
fagot (plural fagots)
Verb
fagot (third-person singular simple present fagots, present participle fagoting, simple past and past participle fagoted)
- To make a fagot of (objects); to bind (objects) together in a fagot or bundle.
- He vvas too vvarm on Picking-vvork to dvvell, / But Faggotted his Notions as they fell, / And if they Rhim'd and Rattl'd all vvas vvell.1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 13
Also used as
fagot is also the alternative spelling of faggot.
Forms of fagot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fagots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fagots |
| present participle | fagoting |
| past participle | fagoted |
| past | fagoted |
Origin of fagot
Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.
Words formed from fagot
Phrases with fagot
Words that rhyme with fagot
Questions about fagot
- What does fagot mean?
- Fagot means a fagotto, or bassoon.
- What part of speech is fagot?
- Fagot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fagot?
- Fagot is pronounced /ˈfæɡ.ət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fagot?
- The plural of fagot is fagots.
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