fagot-like

  • 71Durand, Jean — (1882 1946)    Actor and director. Jean Durand got his start, as did many of the film pioneers, in the café concerts or music halls of Paris. In 1908, Georges Fagot introduced Durand to Charles Pathé, who was constantly recruiting talent from the …

    Historical Dictionary of French Cinema

  • 72roll — Synonyms and related words: Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, account, advance, agenda, align, amble, angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, annals, arrive, axial motion, backing, bagel,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 73fag — English has three distinct words fag, none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 74faggier — adj. of a male homosexual; resembling a fagot, looking like a male homosexual; excessively gay; modestly affected …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 75faggiest — adj. of a male homosexual; resembling a fagot, looking like a male homosexual; excessively gay; modestly affected …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 76faggy — adj. of a male homosexual; resembling a fagot, looking like a male homosexual; excessively gay; modestly affected …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 77ger-3 —     ger 3     English meaning: to turn, wind     Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, winden”     Material: A. O.Ind. guṇá ḥ (*gr̥ nó s) “ the single thread of a string, line, cord; stain “ (dvi , tri guṇa actually “ consisting of two, three threads …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 78fag — English has three distinct words fag, none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring …

    Word origins

  • 79tie up — verb 1. secure with or as if with ropes (Freq. 3) tie down the prisoners tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed • Syn: ↑tie down, ↑bind, ↑truss • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary