α. see bald adj. and coot n.1
β. 1700s– baldicoot, 1800s– baldiecoot, 1900s– baldycoot.
单词 | bald-coot |
释义 | bald-cootn.α. see bald adj. and coot n.1 β. 1700s– baldicoot, 1800s– baldiecoot, 1900s– baldycoot. Popular name for the Coot ( Fulica atra), from its pure white wide frontal plate, destitute of feathers. Used figuratively and contemptuously as = bald-head n. Cf. coot n.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica atra (coot) bald-coota1300 water crowa1398 cootc1440 bell-kitea1525 devil1580 the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no > person having no callowc1300 ballarda1382 pilgarlica1529 bald-head1535 bald-pate1601 smooth-patea1616 alopic1623 bald-coot1823 baldy1863 bladder of lard1864 skinhead1945 slaphead1990 a1300 W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 165 Une blarye (glossed) a balled cote. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta i. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiii4v/2 Unfledge 'em of their..perriwigs, And they appeare like bald cootes, in the nest. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Bald-coot. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lxxxiii. 156 The bald-coot bully Alexander. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. iv. 176 Your princesses, that..demean themselves to hob and nob with these black baldicoots [i.e. monks with shaven crowns]! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1300 |
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