abacot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Archaic

"On his head du Chatelet wore an abacot, or cap of state, looped at one side with a jewelled button."
"It was found to be a mistake for by-cocket, which is the correct word. In spite of this exposure of the impostor, the word was allowed to stand, with a woodcut of an abacot, in an important dictionary published subsequently, although Dr. Murray's remarks were quoted. This shows how difficult it is to kill a word ..."

From a series of mistranscriptions and misprints, from "a bycoket" to "a bicoket" to "abocoket" to "abocoke" to, at last, "abacot".

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What does abacot mean?

Alternative spelling of bycoket.

Where does abacot come from?

From a series of mistranscriptions and misprints, from "a bycoket" to "a bicoket" to "abocoket" to "abocoke" to, at last, "abacot".

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