alcatote
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. The beginning may be related to elk or auk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcatote (plural alcatotes)
- (British, 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, Act IIII, page 54:
- VVhy? you knovv I [am] an ignorant unable trifle in ſuch buſineſſe; an Oafe, a ſimple Alcatote; an Innocent.