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)

1. (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.