First Known Use: 1799
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capote
noun ca·pote \kə-ˈpōt\
Definition of CAPOTE
: a usually long and hooded cloak or overcoat
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Origin of CAPOTE
French, from cape cloak, from Late Latin cappa
Rhymes with CAPOTE
afloat, airboat, banknote, bareboat, bluecoat, blue note, box coat, bumboat, car coat, catboat, C-note, compote, connote, coyote, cutthroat, deep throat, demote, denote, devote, dovecote, dreamboat, eighth note, emote, endnote, fireboat, fistnote, flatboat, foldboat, footnote, frock coat, gemot, grace note, greatcoat, gunboat, half note, headnote, Hohhot, houseboat, housecoat, iceboat, johnboat, keelboat, keynote, lab coat, lifeboat, longboat, mash note, one-note, peacoat, pigboat, promote, Q-boat, raincoat, Rajkot, redcoat, remote, rowboat, sack coat, sailboat, sauceboat, scapegoat, seed coat, shape note, sheepcote, showboat, sore throat, speedboat, steamboat, stoneboat, straw vote, strep throat, Sukkoth, surcoat, surfboat, swan boat, tailcoat, topcoat, towboat, trench coat, tugboat, turncoat, U-boat, unquote, wainscot, whaleboat, whitethroat, whole note, woodnote, workboat
Capote
biographical name Ca·pote \kə-ˈpō-tē\
Definition of CAPOTE
Truman 1924–1984 Am. writer
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