cagot

English

Noun

cagot (plural cagots)

1. Alternative form of Cagot.

French

Etymology

From Béarnais Occitan cagot, of uncertain origin.

Many hypotheses have been advanced over time, often postulating some connection with the Visigoths, in accordance with folklore and historical speculation of their mysterious origin. The predominant hypothesis today posits that it is equivalent to Occitan cagar (“to defecate”) +‎ -ot (diminutive suffix) (compare English insults "little shit", shithead, shitter, etc.); this could explain the many local variants, which would've arisen due to taboo deformation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɡo/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: cagots

Noun

cagot m (plural cagots, feminine cagote)

1. (obsolete or historical) Cagot
2. (dated) sanctimonious person, hypocrite, egotist

Descendants

• → English: Cagot

Adjective

cagot (feminine cagote, masculine plural cagots, feminine plural cagotes)

1. (dated) sanctimonious

Derived terms

• cagotement

Further reading

• “cagot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cagot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɡot/ [kaˈɣ̞ot̪]
  • Rhymes: -ot
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɡo/ [kaˈɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ca‧got

Noun

cagot m or f by sense (plural cagots)

1. (historical) alternative form of cagote [from 18th c.]

Further reading

• “cagot”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 9th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 September 2020, →ISSN