different between faggy vs raggy

English

Etymology

fag +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæ?i/
• Hyphenation: fag?gy

Adjective

faggy (comparative faggier, superlative faggiest)

1. (chiefly derogatory, offensive, informal) Effeminate; homosexual; gay.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 3:

     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.

Derived terms

• fagginess

Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fa??]

Adjective

faggy (comparative faggier, superlative faggiest)

1. tiring, wearisome

English

Etymology

From Middle English raggy, from Old English raggi?; equivalent to rag +? -y

Adjective

raggy (comparative raggier, superlative raggiest)

1. raglike; like a rag.
2. scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
3. Similar in style to ragtime music.

Anagrams

• aggry

Middle English

Alternative forms

• raggi

Etymology

From Old English raggi?; equivalent to ragge +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?i?/

Adjective

raggy

1. ragged; raggy
2. shaggy

Descendants

• English: raggy

References

• “ragg?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.