baldicoot

English

Etymology

From bald and coot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːldɪkuːt/

Noun

baldicoot (plural baldicoots)

1. The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
2. (slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
   • 1848, Charles Kingsley, Junior, The Saint’s Tragedy; or, The True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary, […], London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene iv, page 176:

     Taceing free women in the nave! This comes of your princesses, that turn the world upside down, and demean themselves to hob and nob with these black baldicoots!