chicoter

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃi.kɔ.te/ === Etymology 1 === From chicot (“stump, stub”) +‎ -er. ==== Verb ==== chicoter (transitive) to cut away, to cut up Synonym: déchiqueter (transitive, Louisiana) to nibble, to eat away, to erode (transitive, Louisiana) to whittle (transitive, Louisiana) to harass, to irritate ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Probably an alternation of chicaner with the pejorative suffix -oter. ==== Verb ==== chicoter (dated, colloquial) to quibble, to squabble Synonym: chicaner ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “chicoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)