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fag·ot I. noun or fag·got \ˈfagət, ˈfaig-, usu -əd.+V\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English fagot, from Middle French fagot, probably from Old Provençal, perhaps from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facus, modification of Greek phakelos 1. : a bundle of sticks or twigs especially as used for fuel, as a fascine, or as a means of burning heretics alive 2. : bundle, bunch 3. : a bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at high temperature 4. : an unpleasant or objectionable woman 5. obsolete : a person paid for use of his name to complete a roster 6. Britain : fagot vote 7. a. : bouquet garni b. : a portion of the viscera of the hog, chopped, seasoned with herbs, shaped into a ball or stick, and fried or baked II. verb or faggot (fagoted or faggoted ; fagoted or faggoted ; fagoting or faggoting ; fagots or faggots) transitive verb 1. : to set fagots around (as a heretic) preparatory to execution by burning 2. : to make a fagot of : bind together into a bundle < fagoted sticks > < he fagoted all the pamphlets together > 3. : to embroider or work in fagoting : seam with fagoting intransitive verb : to make fagots |