Definitions for magot

magot ma·got

Spelling: [ma-goh, mah-, mag-uh t]
IPA: /mæˈgoʊ, mɑ-, ˈmæg ət/

Magot is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in magot (agmot).

Definitions for magot

noun

  1. Barbary ape.
  2. a small, grotesque Japanese or Chinese carved figure.

Origin of magot

1600-10; French, Middle French, alteration of Magog, a people seduced by Satan in Rev. 20:8 (cf. Magog); used figuratively in non-Christian medieval legends, and pro

Examples for magot

But it is not generally known that, on European ground, the magot is not confined solely to the Gibraltar Rock.

The magot, which is a very common animal in Upper Egypt, as well as in Barbary, was known to the ancients.

“magot, my child, we may not stay justice,” said the distressed tones of her father.

Now, through Watteau, the magot makes its entrance into French art.

The orang-outang, and the gibbon, are very different from the pithecos and the magot.

Ernest C.—The magot is a little tailless monkey not much larger than a cat.

I wonder at thee, magot, and have done so many times,—thou hast such a strange power of winning folks to thy will.

The magot is sometimes known as the Barbary ape, although of course it is not really an ape at all.

The magot has no tail, though he has a small portion of skin, which has some appearance of one.

Word Value for magot
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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