Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Loriot \Lo"ri*ot\, n. [F., fr. OF. loriou, for l'oriol, ?riol,
   l' being the article. The same word as oriole. See {Oriole}.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   The golden oriole of Europe. See {Oriole}.