bell-kiten.

Brit.

/ˈbɛlkʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈbɛlˌkaɪt/, Scottish English

/ˈbɛlkʌit/

Forms: In Middle English beld cytt.

Etymology: < beld, bell, northern forms of bald n. + cytt, kite, here a corruption of coot n.¹

Scottish and northern dialect.

The northern form of bald-coot n. Also figurative as term of contempt.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica atra (coot)

bald-coota1300

water crowa1398

cootc1440

bell-kitea1525

devil1580

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 640 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 115 Busardis and beldkytis [1568 Bannatyne beld cyttis].

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. at Bellkite The usual application of this term is in the way of good-humoured reproach, ‘Thou little bellkite, get out o' t' road.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bell-kite
释义	bell-kiten. Brit. /ˈbɛlkʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈbɛlˌkaɪt/, Scottish English /ˈbɛlkʌit/ Forms: In Middle English beld cytt. Etymology: < beld, bell, northern forms of bald n. + cytt, kite, here a corruption of coot n.¹ Scottish and northern dialect. The northern form of bald-coot n. Also figurative as term of contempt. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica atra (coot) bald-coota1300 water crowa1398 cootc1440 bell-kitea1525 devil1580 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 640 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 115 Busardis and beldkytis [1568 Bannatyne beld cyttis]. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. at Bellkite The usual application of this term is in the way of good-humoured reproach, ‘Thou little bellkite, get out o' t' road.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1525
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