abacot

== English == === Etymology === From a series of mistranscriptions and misprints, from "a bycoket" to "a bicoket" to "abocoket" to "abocoke" to, at last, "abacot". === Noun === abacot (archaic) Alternative spelling of bycoket. 1822, Lee Gibbons (William Bennett), Malpas; Or Le Poursuivant D'Amour. A Romance, Etc, page 71: On his head du Chatelet wore an abacot, or cap of state, looped at one side with a jewelled button. ==== Usage notes ==== This word has sometimes been considered a misspelling, but some dictionaries including the online OED and Webster's Third from 1961 list this as a variant or alternative spelling. According to Michael Quinion, the OED entry was updated in 2011. ==== Descendants ==== →? Portuguese: abacote === Anagrams === Tabaco