alcatote

English

Alternative forms

alkithole
alkitotle

Etymology

Unknown. The beginning may be related to elk or auk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈælkətəʊt/

Noun

alcatote (plural alcatotes)

(Britain, dialectal, obsolete) A foolish oaf.
- c. 1635–1636 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Fancies, Chast and Noble: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, […], published 1638, OCLC 1203229687, Act IIII, page 54:
  VVhy? you knovv I [am] an ignorant unable trifle in ſuch buſineſſe; an Oafe, a ſimple Alcatote; an Innocent.

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