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anezcalicayotl.

Headword: 
anezcalicayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

ill breeding (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

Anezcalicayotl, xolopicayotl. Quitoznequi: in aquin am muzcalia, amo uel quichioa in tlein tequitilo = Ill breeding, stupidity. This means a person who is not well-bred, not well-spoken, and whatever he is ordered to do he does poorly.
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 158–159.