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bigott

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French bigot.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bigott (strong nominative masculine singular bigotter, comparative bigotter, superlative am bigottesten)

  1. (formal, literary) hypocritical; sanctimonious
  2. (formal, literary) narrow-minded; bigoted; usually implying religious intolerance and pettiness but less associated with racism than the contemporary English word

Declension

Further reading

  • bigott” in Duden online
  • bigott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Swedish

Adjective

bigott (not comparable)

  1. (religiously, sanctimoniously) bigoted

Usage notes

Appears to sometimes be used as a noun as well, likely through influence from English.

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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