bigot

English

Etymology

From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of uncertain origin. It is often thought to derive from an Old French derogatory term applied to the 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 in any case is 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.) Liberman however thinks 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 (“Albigensian heretic”). From meaning someone overly (hypocritically or superstitiously) religious it came to mean someone overly devoted to their own religious opinion, and then to its current sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪɡət/, enPR: bĭgʹət
• Rhymes: -ɪɡət

Noun

bigot (plural bigots)

1. One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to one's own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
2. (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 Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 3:

     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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bigoted
• bigotly
• bigotness

• bigotous
• bigotry
• bigoty

Translations

one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups and intolerant of others

• Arabic: مُتَعَصِّب‎ (mutaʿaṣṣib)
• Azerbaijani: təəssübkeş
• Bulgarian: фанатик (bg) (fanatik)
• Catalan: fanàtic (ca), intolerant (ca), sectari, il·liberal
• Finnish: suvaitsematon kiihkoilija (fi), suvaitsematon fanaatikko (fi), rasisti (fi)
• French: sectaire (fr), intolérant (fr), fanatique m intolérant, fanatique f intolérante
• German: intoleranter Fanatiker m, intolerante Fanatikerin f, often with a strongly pejorative noun such as Hornochse or Idiot instead of "Mensch": engstirniger, intoleranter Mensch m, bornierter Mensch m, Kleingeist (de) m, Rassist (de) m, Piesepampel m, Kantönligeist m

• Greek: μισαλλόδοξος (el) m (misallódoxos)
• Hungarian: bigott (hu)
• Interlingue: bigott
• Italian: fanatico (it) m, intollerante (it) m, estremista (it) m or f
• Polish: bigot (pl) m, bigotka (pl) f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} фана́тик (ru) m (fanátik), шовини́ст (ru) m (šoviníst)
• Scottish Gaelic: dalm-bheachdaiche m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} fanático (es) m
• Turkish: yobaz (tr), bağnaz (tr)

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 盲信者 (mángxìnzhě), ^{(please verify)} 執拗的人, ^{(please verify)} 执拗的人 (zhíniù de rén), ^{(please verify)} 抱偏見的人, ^{(please verify)} 抱偏见的人 (bào piānjiàn de rén)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} fanaat (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} fanate (nl) f, ^{(please verify)} fanatiekeling (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} onverdraagzame (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} maltoleremulo, bigoto
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ფანატიკოსი (panaṭiḳosi)

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} bigotto (it), ^{(please verify)} collotorto m
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} fanático (pt) m, ^{(please verify)} intolerante (pt) m

See also

• holier-than-thou
• hypocrite

Further reading

• bigot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• bigot in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
• bigot at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Catalan

Noun

bigot m (plural bigots)

1. Alternative form of bigoti

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧got

Adjective

bigot

1. (of a woman) buxom; having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts
2. sleek; slim and streamlined

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bigot.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bigot, from Middle French bigot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈɣɔt/, /biˈʒɔt/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧got
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Adjective

bigot (comparative bigotter, superlative bigotst)

1. holier-than-thou, excessively pious

   Synonym: kwezelachtig

2. sanctimonious

   Synonym: schijnheilig

Inflection

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

bigot m (plural bigotten)

1. A holier-than-thou person, an extremely pious person.

   Synonyms: femelaar, kwezel, pilaarbijter

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French

Etymology

Maybe from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, a derogatory term applied to Normans for their frequent note of the Old English oath bī god (“by God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɡo/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

bigot m (plural bigots, feminine bigote)

1. bigot, holier-than-thou

Adjective

bigot (feminine singular bigote, masculine plural bigots, feminine plural bigotes)

1. over-pious, holier-than-thou

Further reading

• “bigot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Polish

Etymology

From French bigot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲi.ɡɔt/

• Audio

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Noun

bigot m pers (feminine bigotka)

1. bigot, holier-than-thou

   Synonyms: dewot, nabożniś, pobożniś, religiant, świętoszek

Declension

declension of bigot

	singular	plural
nominative	bigot	bigoci
genitive	bigota	bigotów
dative	bigotowi	bigotom
accusative	bigota	bigotów
instrumental	bigotem	bigotami
locative	bigocie	bigotach
vocative	bigocie	bigoci

Derived terms

• (noun) bigoteria
• (adjective) bigoteryjny

Further reading

• bigot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bigot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bigot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐɡot/
• Hyphenation: bi‧got

Noun

bìgot m (Cyrillic spelling бѝгот)

1. bigot

Declension

Declension of bigot

	singular	plural
nominative	bìgot	bigoti
genitive	bigota	bigótā
dative	bigotu	bigotima
accusative	bigota	bigote
vocative	bigote	bigoti
locative	bigotu	bigotima
instrumental	bigotom	bigotima

References

• “bigot” in Hrvatski jezični portal