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Sissy vs Fagot - What's the difference?

sissy | fagot |

As nouns the difference between sissy and fagot

is that sissy is an effeminate boy or man while fagot is alternative form of lang=en bundle of sticks.

As verbs the difference between sissy and fagot

is that sissy is to urinate while fagot is to make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.

As an adjective sissy

is effeminate.

As a proper noun Sissy

is {{given name|female|diminutive=Cecilia}}.

sissy

English

Etymology 1

Extended form of

Noun

(sissies)
  • (pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
  • (pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
  • (BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
  • (colloquial) Sister.
    • Synonyms
    * (timid or cowardly person) mama's boy, pansy, nancyboy * (effeminate boy) janegirl
    Derived terms
    * prissy * sissified * sissy bar (a passenger backrest for a motorcycle or bicycle) * sissyphobia * sissy squat (a weightlifting exercise emphasizing knee extension)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (pejorative) .
  • * 2000 , (revised edition), Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-58176-7, page 173:
    • she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.
  • (pejorative) .

    • Etymology 2

    Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to (etyl) . Compare piss; wee-wee.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
  • *

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (childish, colloquial) To urinate.
  • *
    • English onomatopoeias

    fagot

    English

    (wikipedia fagot)

    Alternative forms

    * faggot

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (bundle of sticks)
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (shrivelled old woman)
  • A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
  • (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
  • (UK, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.
    • (Addison)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.
    • (Dryden)
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