flag·gy
ˈflagē,
-aag-,
-aig-,
-gi
1
: abounding with flags or other reedy plants
a flaggy marsh
2
obsolete
: like an iris or other flag
"
1
archaic
: soft and flabby
2
archaic
: hanging limply : drooping
"
1
of rock
: splitting or tending to split into layers of suitable thickness for use as flagstones : formed of laminated strata from 10 to 100 millimeters in thickness
2
of soil
: full of pieces of flagstone
"
: split and frayed
the flaggy end of a bristle
compare flag entry 5 sense 4
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