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Webster 1913 Edition

Bigot

Big′ot

,
Noun.
[F.
bigot
a bigot or hypocrite, a name once given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly akin to Sp.
bigote
a whisker; hombre de
bigote
a man of spirit and vigor; cf. It.
s-bigottire
to terrify, to appall. Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same source as
Beguine
,
Beghard
.]
1.
A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite.
[Obs.]
2.
A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.
To doubt, where
bigots
had been content to wonder and believe.
Macaulay.

Big′ot

,
Adj.
Bigoted.
[Obs.]
In a country more
bigot
than ours.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bigot

BIG'OT

,
Noun.
1.
A person who is obstinately and unreasonably wedded to a particular religious creed, opinion, practice or ritual. The word is sometimes used in an enlarged sense, for a person who is illiberally attached to any opinion, or system of belief; as a bigot to the Mohammedan religion; a bigot to a form of government.
2.
A venetian liquid measure containing the fourth part of the amphor, or half the boot.

BIG'OT

Definition 2024

bigot

bigot

English

Noun

bigot ‎(plural bigots)

  1. (derogatory) One who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.
    Don't call me a bigot. That's extremely rude!
  2. One who is strongly partial to his or her own group (e.g. religion, race, gender, political party, etc.) and is intolerant of those who differ.

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Noun

bigot m ‎(plural bigots)

  1. moustache

French

Etymology

Maybe from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, a derogatory term applied to Normans for their frequent note of the Old English oath bī god "by God".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.ɡo/

Noun

bigot m ‎(plural bigots, feminine bigote)

  1. bigot, holier-than-thou

Adjective

bigot m ‎(feminine singular bigote, masculine plural bigots, feminine plural bigotes)

  1. over-pious, holier-than-thou

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bigot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐɡot/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧got

Noun

bìgot m ‎(Cyrillic spelling бѝгот)

  1. bigot

Declension

References

  • “bigot” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From French bigot ‎(“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot. Prior history unclear.

One well-known theory states that the word derives from an Old French derogatory term applied to the religiously zealous Normans, who were said to be known for frequently uttering "by God", an oath to express veracity or faith (compare Old English bī god, Middle High German bī got, Middle Dutch bi gode), and which can be compared with the French term goddams to refer to the English during Joan of Arc's time. Liberman however dismisses this as having "too strong a taste of a folk etymological guess invented in retrospect" and supports instead Grammont et al.'s derivation of the Old French word from Albigot ‎(“Albigensian heretic”) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪɡət/, enPR: bĭgʹət

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