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jilt

[ jilt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.


noun

  1. a woman who jilts a lover.

jilt

/ dʒɪlt /

verb

  1. tr to leave or reject (a lover), esp without previous warning

    she was jilted at the altar

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a woman who jilts a lover
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈjilter, noun
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Other Words From

  • jilt·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jilt1

First recorded in 1650–60; earlier jilt “harlot,” shortening of jillet
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jilt1

C17: from dialect jillet flighty girl, diminutive of proper name Gill
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Example Sentences

The staid sober lover—let him take care the pretty Clara does not jilt him.

To "jilt," to throw or dash water on a person; "gellock" (gavelock), an iron lever or crowbar.

Only I shouldn't consider it honourable to jilt Prosy, even for the sake of remaining single.

He treated the forlorn victim of a woman's jilt as a notable worthy of notable entertainment.

Is it possible, then, that she did really jilt the young man?

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