Definitions for picots

picots pi·cot

Spelling: [pee-koh]
IPA: /ˈpi koʊ/

Picots is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in picots (ciopst).

Definitions for picots

noun

  1. one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.

Origin of picots

1880-85; French: a purl, literally, a splinter, diminutive of pic prick Germanic; see pic2, pike2

Examples for picots

The culprit was stripped and tied to the picot previous to receiving the bastinado.

Has picot (Nepomucene), to whom his wife brought a dowry of one hundred thousand francs, ever stretched out his palm to any one?

The Abbé picot looked at him sideways, as he always did when anything amused him.

picot tossed off a glass of the white wine and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"The decree is at the tip of my staff," replied picot, captain of his guards, when he was asked to show his orders.

Accordingly, she approached pere picot, who was tranquilly engaged in burning brandy in his saucer.

A steel instrument, called a picot, is then passed into each flower so as to give it a more finished appearance.

But how in St. picot's name did you arrive at all this knowledge, Mademoiselle?

This completes the picot, the bar is then buttonholed to the end.

Two cisterns and a picot are found on the esplanade facing the palace.

Word Value for picots
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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