a person who wishes to be perceived as good and saintly (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
moqualtocani
Alonso de Molina:
moqualtocani. el que quiere ser tenido porbueno y sancto. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 059v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.