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baldicoot

/ˈbɔːldɪkuːt/

baldicoot noun: the coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.

Noun

baldicoot (plural baldicoots)

  1. The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
  2. (archaic, derogatory, slang) A monk with a shaven head.
    • 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!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

Forms of baldicoot

pluralbaldicoots

Origin of baldicoot

From bald and coot.

Questions about baldicoot

What does baldicoot mean?
Baldicoot means the coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
What part of speech is baldicoot?
Baldicoot is a noun.
How do you pronounce baldicoot?
Baldicoot is pronounced /ˈbɔːldɪkuːt/.
What is the plural of baldicoot?
The plural of baldicoot is baldicoots.

Words near baldicoot in the dictionary

  1. baldfaced
  2. baldhead
  3. baldheaded
  4. baldheads
  5. Baldi
  6. baldicoot
  7. baldicoots
  8. baldie
  9. baldies
  10. Baldilocks
  11. balding

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