flaggy

¹

[ flag-ee ]

adjective

, flag·gi·er, flag·gi·est.

1. flagging; drooping; limp.

flaggy

²

[ flag-ee ]

adjective

1. consisting of or resembling flags or flagstone; laminate.

flaggy

³

[ flag-ee ]

adjective

1. abounding in, consisting of, or resembling flag plants.

flaggy

¹

/ ˈflæɡɪ /

adjective

1. drooping; limp

flaggy

²

/ ˈflæɡɪ /

adjective

1. made of or similar to flagstone

Word History and Origins

Origin of flaggy¹

First recorded in 1570–80; flag ³ + -y ¹

Origin of flaggy²

First recorded in 1840–50; flag ⁴ + -y ¹

Origin of flaggy³

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Middle English flaggi “reedy”; flag ², -y ¹

Example Sentences

Flaggy McFlagface became a minor celebrity on Twitter.

From BBC

From the Great Oolite Minchinhampton stone is obtained, and at its top is about 40 ft. of flaggy Oolite with bands of clay known as the Forest Marble.

From Project Gutenberg

She was very oddly dressed; she was quite naked from her head to below her breasts; her breasts were plump and round, not flaggy and hanging down, as it generally is with the Indian women, some of whose breasts hang as low as their bellies, but projecting as beautifully as if they had been laced up with stays round her body; and below her breast she had a broad piece of a skin of some curious creature, spotted like a leopard, probably of some fine spotted deer.

From Project Gutenberg

After describing minutely how and where the homes of the honey-makers are to be placed, he offers them this delicate attention:— "Then o'er the running stream or standing lake A passage for thy weary people make; With osier floats the standing water strew; Of massy stones make bridges, if it flow; That basking in the sun thy bees may lie, And, resting there, their flaggy pinions dry."

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, many a pretty secret hast thou shown To me, O Beaver Pond, walking alone On summer afternoons, while yet the swallow Skimmed o'er each flaggy plash and gravelly shallow; Or when September turned the swamps to gold And purple.

From Project Gutenberg