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)
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) A foolish oaf.
- 1636, John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble
- Why, you know I [am] an ignorant, […] an oaf, a simple alcatote, an innocent.
- 1636, John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble