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noun
Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jamaica, regional, uncountable
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noun
Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Topics: farriery, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
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noun
Scoria of tin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
One who quits, as:
One who gives in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: giver-upper
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noun
One who quits, as:
One who succeeds in desisting from a vice, especially smoking, drinking, or drugging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: ever-smoker
noun
A leaver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A deliverer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To suppurate; ooze with pus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a person who gives up too easily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: abdicator, dropout, deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter
History
From Middle English quitter, from Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”).
Etymology tree English quit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English quitter From quit + -er.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
