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Definition: FLAGGY |
FLAGGYAdjective1. Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh. 2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. 3. Weak; flexible; limber. |
Date "FLAGGY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geological | Term used to describe sedimentary or metamorphic rocks that tend to split into layers that are 1-10 cm thick. (references) |
Mining | A. Splitting or tending to split into layers of suitable thickness for use as flagstones; specif. descriptive of a sedimentary rock that splits into layers from 1 to 5 cm thick (McKee &Weir, 1953) b. Said of bedding that consists of layers from 1 to 10 cm thick (Payne, 1942) c. Pertaining to a flag or flagstone. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FLAGGY |
| English words defined with "FLAGGY": Flagginess. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FLAGGY": raggy stone ♦ waterstone. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "FLAGGY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | плочест (placoid, slaty). (various references) | |
French | plaquettes, lamelles, écailles (flakes). (various references) | |
German | plattiges Korn (bladed, platy, scaly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aggyflay.(various references) | |
Romanian | din dale. (various references) | |
Swedish | slokande (droop), slapp (flabby, flaccid, lackadaisical, languid, lax, limp, pithless, slack, wet). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có nhiều cây irit. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"FLAGGY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faggi, faggy, fagy, Flagg, Flagyl, flegg, laggy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-g-l-y" | |
-2 letters: agly, flag, flay. | |
-3 letters: fag, fay, fly, gag, gal, gay, lag, lay. | |
-4 letters: ag, al, ay, fa, la, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-g-g-l-y" | |
+4 letters: flaggingly. | |
+5 letters: fatiguingly. | |
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