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‖ cacaˈfuego
Also 7 cacafugo, -fogo, cacofuego.
[f. L. cacā-re, Sp. and Pg. cagar to discharge excrement + Sp. fuego (Pg. fogo) fire:—L. focus hearth.]
A spitfire; a braggart.
(The name of the Spanish galleon taken by Drake in 1577.)
1625Fletcher Fair Maid iii. i, She will be ravisht before our faces by rascalls and cacafugos, wife, cacafugoes! c1661Argyle's Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 27/2 Presbytery will soon lose a prating, nonsensical Cacafuego. 1696Phillips, Cacafuego, a Spanish word signifying Shitefire; and it is used for a bragging vapouring fellow. 1721–90in Bailey. 1725in New Cant. Dict. [ 1775Ash, Cacafuego, an insect in Spain said to dart fire from its tail.] |