faggot
n. countablen. a very offensive and rude word for a gay man. You should avoid using this word because it is used to insult and hurt people.
n. a highly offensive and derogatory slur used to disparage gay men. In British English, it can also refer to a traditional meatball made from offal, though the pejorative sense is more globally recognised.
From Middle English fagot, from Old French fagot (“bundle of sticks”), of uncertain origin. Unlikely from Old Occitan fagot or Italian fagotto, as these appear later than the Old French term. Compare also Italian fangotto and Spanish fajo (“bundle, wad”). Perhaps from a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle of wood”). The senses relating to persons, though possibly originating as an extension of the sense "bundle of sticks" (compare baggage), may have been reinforced by fag, from fagging and/or by faygele, from Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele, “homosexual”, literally “little bird”), related to English fowl.
Primarily used as a pejorative slur; in British culinary contexts, it refers to a specific type of meat dish.