Word meaning?

Question

What is the REAL meaning of the word ******?

Answer 1

A 'f a g g o t' or ***** is a bundle of sticks or branches, usually meant for use as firewood. It derives through the Old French ***** and the Italian diminutive faggotto from the Latin facus ("bundle", itself from fasces), coming into Middle English no later than 1279.

Answer 2

It's spelled with a '-ot' at the end, not '-et.

A previous answerer has given the three meanings. Your suggestion that thre is a REAL meaning (and that some meanings are less real or less legitimate) is a common fallacy. Words mean what they mean to people. Dictionaries then report this (often a bit behind the times).

Take the word 'Lord'. Its roots are from the Old English hlaf + weard (hlaf = loaf, weard = warder or keeper). A 'Lord' was therefore someone who had bread and could bestow it upon others. Few people know that and it cannot be said that 'Lord' REALLY means keeper of the bread more than the meaning it has come to have over the 12 subsequent centuries.

The belief in ESSENTIAL meanings of words is a form of word magic and to be avoided. 'A rose by any other name ...'

Answer 3

Please forgive my ignorance... Did you mean the word ******, as is often used a a derogatory word for a homosexual? In the inquisition of Europe, when witches were
being burned, among those sought out for
burning were gay people. They were required to
gather the very "bundles of sticks" (the real
meaning of a ******) with which they would be
burnt. When the ******* (sticks) were running
out, gay men were thrown on the fire to keep it
going for the witches. ****** came to mean gay
man to force them into the closet for fear of
death. Scary, huh?

Answer 4

its ******, and its a stick that's used to light fires.
"she put a ****** into the fireplace and carried it back to the kitchen to relight the fire in her stove." think wood burning stove.

I see, they starred it out, so its ******, but with an "O" instead of an "E"

ps i reading the above answer, i noted the person who talked about REAL meanings, and i like his answer and agree with him.
I, like everyone but this person, i think, tried to answer for the original meaning.

Answer 5

The word is 'f a g g o t'.
a. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together.
b. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.
c. a disparaging term for a homosexual man

Answer 6

It is actually a burning ember of wood from a campfire, for example - and it's ******