magot
English
Etymology
From French
Noun
magot (plural magots)
- (archaic) The Barbary ape.
- 1800, The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex (volume 31, page 16)
- The magot differs from the ape by having a long muzzle and large canine teeth; and from the baboon by having no actual tail; though it has an exuberance of skin which bears that appearance.
- 1800, The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex (volume 31, page 16)
- (art) A small grotesque figure depicted crouching on the covers of vases, etc.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for magot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Unknown/uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡo/
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Further reading
- “magot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Volapük
Declension
declension of magot
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | magot | magots |
genitive | magota | magotas |
dative | magote | magotes |
accusative | magoti | magotis |
vocative 1 | o magot! | o magots! |
predicative 2 | magotu | magotus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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