flaggy
1 of 4adjective (1)
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
flaggy
2 of 4adjective (2)
"
1
archaic : soft and flabby
2
archaic : hanging limply : drooping
flaggy
3 of 4adjective (3)
"
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
flaggy
4 of 4adjective (4)
"
: split and frayed
the flaggy end of a bristle
compare flag entry 5 sense 4 
Word History
Etymology
Adjective (1)
Middle English flaggi, from flagge reed, rush + -i, -y -y
Adjective (2)
flag entry 7 + -y
Adjective (3)
flag entry 3 + -y
Adjective (4)
probably from flag entry 5 + -y
- detractingly
- detractings
- detraction
- detractions
- detractive
- detractively
- detractor
- detractors
- detractory
- detractresses
- detracts
- detracts from
- detrain
- detrained
- detraining
- detrainment
- detrainments
- detrains
- detransitivized
- detransitivizeed
- detransitivizeing
- detransitivizes
- detransitivizing
- detraquees
- detraques