BIGOT

bigot

(noun) a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bigot (plural bigots)

One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to one's own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.

Source: Wiktionary


Big"ot, n. Etym: [F. bigot a bigot or hypocrite, a name once given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly akin to Sp. bigote a whisker; hombre de bigote a man of spirit and vigor; cf. It. s- bigottire to terrify, to appall. Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same source as Beguine, Beghard.]

1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]

2. A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion. To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder and believe. Macaulay.

Big"ot, a.

Definition: Bigoted. [Obs.] In a country more bigot than ours. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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