coot
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Definition of coot
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
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noun
- Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
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(UK, colloquial)A foolish or eccentric fellow
“A silly coot”
“An old coot”
“A rich coot”
“Once more he thought aloud. / "Tom wouldn't lie to me, so it wasn't gin. Now, I wonder. I wonder if that old coot has got what they call 'delusions of grandeur'?"”
“Your clerks would come in and see you aswingin' and aswayin' there and one of them would say: "Well, the old coot's hung himself!"”
- (slang)Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
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Etymology
From Middle English cote, coote, cute, cuytt (“coot”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, or borrowed from Middle Dutch coet, cuut, kuut (“coot”) (whence modern Dutch…
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From Middle English cote, coote, cute, cuytt (“coot”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, or borrowed from Middle Dutch coet, cuut, kuut (“coot”) (whence modern Dutch koet and meerkoet (“coot”)). Possibly related to Middle High German kūz, kūze (modern German Kauz (“owl”)), Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”) (whence English kite), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kūt (“bird of prey”). See kite.
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