bigott

Meaning

  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

Concepts

smelling of incense

overly pious

Pronounced as (IPA)
/biˈɡɔt/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from French bigot.

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