"flaggy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈflæɡi/ Forms: more flaggy [comparative], flaggier [comparative], most flaggy [superlative], flaggiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æɡi Etymology: From flag + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flag|y}} flag + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} flaggy (comparative more flaggy or flaggier, superlative most flaggy or flaggiest)
  1. (obsolete) Hanging down; drooping, pendulous. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-flaggy-en-adj-oIEqB5F6
  2. (obsolete) tasteless; insipid Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-flaggy-en-adj-f7rtqmbl
  3. (geology) Tending to split into layers like flagstones. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-flaggy-en-adj-V6vDe3BM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 27 0 73 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: red-flaggy

Inflected forms

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