different between bigot vs theosophist

English

Etymology

From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of uncertain origin. It is often thought to derive from an Old French derogatory term applied to the religious Normans, said to be known for frequently swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”) (compare Old English b? god, Middle High German b? got, Middle Dutch bi gode), which in any case is thought to be the origin of the surname Bigott, Bygott. (Compare the French use of "goddamns" to refer to the English in Joan of Arc's time.) Liberman however thinks this has "too strong a taste of a folk etymological guess invented in retrospect" and prefers Grammont et al.'s theory that it derives from Albigot (“Albigensian heretic”). From meaning someone overly (hypocritically or superstitiously) religious it came to mean someone overly devoted to their own religious opinion, and then to its current sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???t/, enPR: b?g??t
• Rhymes: -???t

Noun

bigot (plural bigots)

1. 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.
2. (obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
   • 1653, Urquhart, translating Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais, book 1:

     He is no bigot or hypocrite, he is not torn and divided betwixt reality and appearance, no wretch of a rugged and peevish disposition, but honest, jovial, resolute, and a good fellow.

   • 1664, Henry More, A Modest Enquiry Into the Mystery of Iniquity, page 436:

     Thus one part of their Church becomes Sotts and Bigots; and the other that behold this Scene of things, though they profess themselves of their Church, become a company of profane Atheists and clancular Deriders of all Religion. […] Nay it is a question whether those that do more superstitiously cleave to them, doe it not rather in a kind of confusion and obstupefaction of mind out of fear and suspicion, then any determinate assurance or firm belief of the things they outwardly profess.

   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 3:

     Donna Clara was a woman of a cold and grave temper, with all the solemnity of a Spaniard, and all the austerity of a bigot.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• holier-than-thou
• hypocrite

References

Further reading

• bigot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• bigot in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• bigot at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Noun

bigot m (plural bigots)

1. Alternative form of bigoti

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi?got

Adjective

bigot

1. (of a woman) buxom; having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts
2. sleek; slim and streamlined

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bigot.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bigot, from Middle French bigot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi???t/, /bi???t/
• Hyphenation: bi?got
• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

bigot (comparative bigotter, superlative bigotst)

1. holier-than-thou, excessively pious

   Synonym: kwezelachtig

2. sanctimonious

   Synonym: schijnheilig

Inflection

Noun

bigot m (plural bigotten)

1. A holier-than-thou person, an extremely pious person.

   Synonyms: femelaar, kwezel, pilaarbijter

French

Etymology

Maybe from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, a derogatory term applied to Normans for their frequent note of the Old English oath b? god (“by God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.?o/

Noun

bigot m (plural bigots, feminine bigote)

1. bigot, holier-than-thou

Adjective

bigot (feminine singular bigote, masculine plural bigots, feminine plural bigotes)

1. over-pious, holier-than-thou

Further reading

• “bigot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From French bigot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i.??t/

Noun

bigot m pers (feminine bigotka)

1. bigot, holier-than-thou

   Synonyms: dewot, nabo?ni?, pobo?ni?, religiant, ?wi?toszek

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) bigoteria
• (adjective) bigoteryjny

Further reading

• bigot in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• bigot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French bigot.

Noun

bigot m (plural bigo?i)

1. bigot

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French bigot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??ot/
• Hyphenation: bi?got

Noun

bìgot m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bigot

Declension

References

• “bigot” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

From theosophy +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: the?o?so?phist

Noun

theosophist (plural theosophists)

1. an advocate of, or believer in theosophy.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theosophist.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:theosophist

Translations