bigot
English edit
Etymology edit
From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of disputed origin. It is most often believed to have derived from the identical Old French derogatory term bigot applied to the overly religious Normans, said to be known for frequently swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”) (compare Old English bī god, Middle High German bī got, Middle Dutch bi gode), which is also thought to be the origin of the surname Bigott, Bygott. (Compare the French use of "goddamns" to refer to the English in Joan of Arc's time, and les sommobiches (see son of a bitch) during World War I). From meaning "someone overly religious" it came to mean "someone overly devoted to their own religious opinion", and then to its current sense.[1]
The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic origin theory above. Liberman however opines that this has "too strong a taste of a folk etymological guess invented in retrospect" and prefers Grammont et al.'s theory that it derives from Albigot (“inhabitant of Albi”),[2] named after the commune in southern France where Catharism (also known as Albigensianism[3]) is thought to have originated. Online Etymology Dictionary, however, does not list Grammont and Liberman's theory among their possible origins.
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Noun edit
bigot (plural bigots)
- One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
- (obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
- 1653, Urquhart, translating Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais, book 1:
- He is no bigot or hypocrite, he is not torn and divided betwixt reality and appearance, no wretch of a rugged and peevish disposition, but honest, jovial, resolute, and a good fellow.
- 1664, Henry More, A Modest Enquiry Into the Mystery of Iniquity, page 436:
- Thus one part of their Church becomes Sotts and Bigots; and the other that behold this Scene of things, though they profess themselves of their Church, become a company of profane Atheists and clancular Deriders of all Religion. […] Nay it is a question whether those that do more superstitiously cleave to them, doe it not rather in a kind of confusion and obstupefaction of mind out of fear and suspicion, then any determinate assurance or firm belief of the things they outwardly profess.
- 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 240:
- Donna Clara was a woman of a cold and grave temper, with all the solemnity of a Spaniard, and all the austerity of a bigot.
- 1653, Urquhart, translating Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais, book 1:
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References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bigot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ OUP blog
- ^ https://www.britannica.com/event/Albigensian-Crusade
Further reading edit
- “bigot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “bigot”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “bigot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan edit
Noun edit
bigot m (plural bigots)
- Alternative form of bigoti
Cebuano edit
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- Hyphenation: bi‧got
Adjective edit
bigot
- (of a woman) buxom; having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts
- sleek; slim and streamlined
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bigot.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bigot, from Middle French bigot.
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Adjective edit
bigot (comparative bigotter, superlative bigotst)
- holier-than-thou, excessively pious
- Synonym: kwezelachtig
- sanctimonious
- Synonym: schijnheilig
Inflection edit
| Inflection of bigot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bigot | |||
| inflected | bigotte | |||
| comparative | bigotter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bigot | bigotter | het bigotst het bigotste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bigotte | bigottere | bigotste |
| n. sing. | bigot | bigotter | bigotste | |
| plural | bigotte | bigottere | bigotste | |
| definite | bigotte | bigottere | bigotste | |
| partitive | bigots | bigotters | — | |
Noun edit
bigot m (plural bigotten)
- A holier-than-thou person, an extremely pious person.
- Synonyms: femelaar, kwezel, pilaarbijter
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, a derogatory term applied to Normans, possibly due to their frequent use of the Old English oath bī god (“by God”). See also English bigot for further possible etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bigot m (plural bigots, feminine bigote)
Adjective edit
bigot (feminine bigote, masculine plural bigots, feminine plural bigotes)
- over-pious, holier-than-thou
Further reading edit
- “bigot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
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bigot m pers (female equivalent bigotka)
- (derogatory, literary) bigot, religious fanatic, sanctimonious person
- Synonyms: dewot, nabożniś, pobożniś, religiant, świętoszek
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bigot m (plural bigoți)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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bìgot m (Cyrillic spelling бѝгот)
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References edit
- “bigot” in Hrvatski jezični portal