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flaggy

/ˈflæɡi/adjective

flaggy is an adjective meaning “Tending to split into layers like flagstones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-G-G-Y, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does flaggy mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    obsoleteHanging down; drooping, pendulous.

  2. 2

    obsoleteTasteless; insipid.

  3. 3

    Tending to split into layers like flagstones.

  4. 4

    Abounding in flags (plants with sword-shaped leaves).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce flaggy?

  • /ˈflæɡi/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flaggy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of flaggy

  • more flaggy comparative
  • flaggier comparative
  • most flaggy superlative
  • flaggiest superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is flaggy?

Flaggy appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does flaggy come from?

From flag + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).