Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long, usually hooded cloak or coat.
- noun A large, usually purple and yellow cape used in maneuvering the bull especially during the initial stage of a bullfight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large coarse cloak, properly with a hood.
- noun The hood or top of a wagon, as of a buggy, or any similar protection for a vehicle.
- noun A small bonnet, shaped somewhat like a nightcap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long
coat orcloak with ahood . - noun A coat made from a
blanket , worn by 19th centuryCanadian woodsmen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head
- noun a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The general style of the capote is the same in all the islands, and will remain so for the next ten thousand years, but each island shapes its capotes just enough differently from the others to enable an observer to tell at a glance what particular island a lady hails from.
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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The general style of the capote is the same in all the islands, and will remain so for the next ten thousand years, but each island shapes its capotes just enough differently from the others to enable an observer to tell at a glance what particular island a lady hails from.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 Mark Twain 1872
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And that handsome-looking fellow putting the capote under his head is a French half-breed, -- you heard him talking; he doesn't like the two Indians turning in next to him.
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Almost Famous runners up for me would be the wrestler, collateral, requiem for a dream, children of men, no country for old men, everything is illuminated, eastern promises, inglourious basterds and capote
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And that handsome-looking fellow putting the capote under his head is a French half-breed, -- you heard him talking; he doesn't like the two Indians turning in next to him.
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French, for its part, has its own glossary of words that are hardly complimentary to Anglo-Saxons capote anglaise condom
Pardon my French Rene Meertens 2010
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For many years they fought like this, Hernando's spirit, like his reputation, growing tattered as an aged capote.
Carlos The Impossible (Part 2) JTK Belle 2010
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The most memorable mistake I ever made was when I wanted to say something about the "capot" (hood of a car) but I said "capote" (condom).
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While the faithful filed into the church for Sunday Mass offered by their archbishop, Philippe Cardinal Barbarin, protestors representing Lesbian and Gay Pride, the Gay and Lesbian Forum, and AIDS Rhône unfurled a banner reading “The condom is life - The Church prohibits it” while chanting, “No to the callote (zucchetto), long live the capote (condom)”.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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June 12th, 2009 at 12:57 pm i am sexuell, i am capote is too
Dear Clusterflock: Sex on the screen, how is it for you? | clusterflock 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word capote
JM knows a true man would never wear a capote.
May 26, 2010