<![CDATA[Fagotto]]>The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts forease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/14257/fagottoRSS for NodeMon, 15 Jun 2026 16:28:52 GMTTue, 21 Mar 2017 19:40:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Fagotto on Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:41:59 GMT]]>Name for the bassoon in some other language. Probably where faggot came from (from blowing into a hole, which is the stereotype)

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/52017https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/52017Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:41:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fagotto on Sun, 15 Oct 2017 16:05:02 GMT]]>A bassoon, in Italian, with variants in several other languages including German (Fagott) and Armenian (fakod in Western Armenian and fagot in Eastern Armenian). The name comes from the word faggot, meaning a bundle of wooden sticks, which the instrument resembles. Has nothing to do with being gay.

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