You can make 28 words from faggot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of faggot
faggot
Alternative forms
fagot(in certain senses only)
Etymology
From Middle Englishfagot, from Old Frenchfagot(“bundle of sticks”), of uncertain origin. Unlikely from Old Occitanfagot or Italianfagotto, as these appear later than the Old French term. Compare also Italian fangotto and Spanishfajo(“bundle, wad”). Perhaps from a diminutive of Vulgar Latin*facus, from Latinfascis(“bundle of wood”). Compare also Old High Germanfazza(“bundle, load, burden”). Doublet of fagotto. See also: fag.
The senses relating to persons, though possibly originating as an extension of the sense "bundle of sticks", may have been reinforced by faygele, from Yiddishפֿייגעלע(feygele, “homosexual”, literally “little bird”), related to Englishfowl.
Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈfæ.ɡət/
Rhymes: -æɡət
Hyphenation: fag‧got
Noun
faggot (pluralfaggots)
(chiefly British, Ireland, collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)
(obsolete) Burdensome baggage.
A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
(rare, dated in US) A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
(now sometimes offensive, chiefly British, Ireland) A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.)
Synonym:(slang, obsolete)duck
(offensive, vulgar, derogatory, chiefly US, Canada) An annoying or inconsiderate person.
(UK, Ireland, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A shrewish woman.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:shrew
(offensive, vulgar, chiefly US, Canada) A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:male homosexual
Coordinate terms:dyke, scissor sister
1914, Louis E. Jackson and C.R. Hellyer, Vocabulary of Criminal Slang (Portland, OR: Modern Printing Co., 1914) page 30:
Drag, Example: “All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight.
2012, Margaret Cho, quoted (mimicking Karl Lagerfeld) in On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility
Of course I'm a faggot, darling. I'm a flaming faggot, darling. I am fanning the flames of my faggotry.
(offensive, vulgar, chiefly US, Canada) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way
(obsolete) A soldier numbered on the muster-roll, but not really existing.
(UK, Ireland, historical) A faggot voter.
(UK, Ireland, dated, slang) A lazy, weak, work-shy person.
Usage notes
The usage to refer to the British meatball delicacy (sense 5) is not widely known outside the United Kingdom, and, due to the prevalence of the usage as a homophobic slur (sense 8) in other regions, it is likely to be misconstrued as hate speech by those unaware of it. In contexts where the word can be interpreted as an allusion to homosexuals, this sense can be considered offensive even in the United Kingdom, despite the homophobic slur not being in widespread use there.
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Verb
faggot (third-person singular simple presentfaggots, present participlefaggoting, simple past and past participlefaggoted)
Alternative form of fagot
References
Further reading
“faggot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“faggot”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.