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)", 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

Inflection
Inflection of malloot
uninflected malloot
inflected mallote
comparative malloter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial mallootmalloterhet mallootst
het mallootste
indefinite m./f. sing. mallotemalloteremallootste
n. sing. mallootmallotermallootste
plural mallotemalloteremallootste
definite mallotemalloteremallootste
partitive mallootsmalloters—
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