FLAGGY

Etymology

Adjective

flaggy (comparative more flaggy, superlative most flaggy)

(obsolete) Hanging down; drooping, pendulous.

(obsolete) tasteless; insipid

(geology) Tending to split into layers like flagstones.

Source: Wiktionary


Flag"gy, a.

1. Weak; flexible; limber. "Flaggy wings." Spenser.

2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. [Obs.] Bacon.

Flag"gy, a. Etym: [From 5th Flag.]

Definition: Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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