malloot

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French malot, a dialectal word for a horsefly or gadfly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑˈloːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧loot
  • Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

malloot f (plural malloten, diminutive mallootje n, feminine mallote)

  1. fool, idiot, moron [from 19th c.]
    • 1873 November 12, “Een oud Mecklenburgsch Schoolmeester (feuilleton)”, in Het Nieuws van den Dag. Kleine courant, page 1:
      „Och malloot, wie heeft je dat weer wijs gemaakt?”
      "Oh fool, who made you believe that?"
  2. (archaic) exuberant, hyperactive or foolish woman [16th–20th c.]

Derived terms

Adjective

malloot (comparative malloter, superlative mallootst)

  1. (uncommon) foolish
    Synonyms: dwaas, mal, malloterig, mallotig

Declension

Declension of malloot
uninflected malloot
inflected mallote
comparative malloter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial malloot malloter het mallootst
het mallootste
indefinite m./f. sing. mallote mallotere mallootste
n. sing. malloot malloter mallootste
plural mallote mallotere mallootste
definite mallote mallotere mallootste
partitive malloots malloters —
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