cagole

French

Etymology

From Occitan cagòla, feminine of cacou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ɡɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

cagole f (plural cagoles)

  1. (Meridional) an extravagant and attention-seeking woman
    • 2021, Tash Aw, James McAuley, Samar Yazbek, “The Parisienne”, in The Passenger: Paris‎[1], unnumbered page:
      Defined as a 'young, extrovert woman, slightly brainless and vulgar', the cagole is constructed not around cosmopolitan femininity but around a beach sculpted body.
    • 2009, Jean-Baptiste Giraud, Le Guide des bécébranchés, Éditions de L'Archipel, page 200:
      Les filles sortent apprêtées, pas « chagasses » pour un sou comme à Montpellier ni « cagoles » comme à Nice, mais très maquillées, sexy dans leur petite robe noire, sans trop en faire.
      The girls come dressed up, not "chagasses" for a cent like in Montpellier nor "cagoles" like in Nice, but very made up, sexy in their little black dresses, without overdoing it.

See also

Verb

cagole

  1. inflection of cagoler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • algeco, algéco, caloge, cagolé, co-égal, coégal, locage
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