n. [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder and believe. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bigoted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
In a country more bigot than ours. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. “Bigoted to strife.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In the manner of a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. bigoterie. ]