English Explanatory Dictionary

maletote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæl.təʊt/ /ˈmæl.toʊt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-maletote.wav en-uk-maletote.ogg

Word forms

maletote maletotes maletolt maltolte maltolt

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English maltode, from Anglo-Norman maltolt (“unjust tax”), from Medieval Latin malatolta, from mala (“evil”) + tolta (“tax”), the latter from tollīta (“raised”), used in Medieval Latin as past participle of Classical Latin tollō.

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