- jilt
- I. transitive verb Date: 1673 to drop (as a lover) capriciously or unfeelingly • jilter noun II. noun Etymology: alteration of jillet flirtatious girl Date: circa 1674 one who jilts a lover
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Jilt — Jilt, v. i. To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously. Congreve. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jilţ — s.n. v. jeţ. Trimis de cata, 13.02.2009. Sursa: DEX 98 jilţ v. jeţ Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic JILŢ jilţuri n. Scaun cu spătar înalt (şi cu braţe); jeţ. /<germ. Sitz, săs. Sätz … Dicționar Român
jilt — jilt·ee; jilt·er; jilt; … English syllables
Jilt — Jilt, n. [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a jill flirt, dim. of jill a jill.] A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt. Otway. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jilt — Jilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jilting}.] To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. Locke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jilt — [dʒılt] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: jilt woman who ends a relationship (17 20 centuries), probably from jillet girl who attracts sexual attention (16 19 centuries), from the female name Jill] to suddenly end a close romantic relationship with … Dictionary of contemporary English
jilt — [jilt] n. [< jillet, dim. of JILL] Now Rare a woman who rejects a lover or suitor after accepting or encouraging him vt. to reject or cast off (a previously accepted lover, etc.) … English World dictionary
jilt´er — jilt «jihlt», verb, noun. –v.t. to cast off (a lover or sweetheart) after giving encouragement: »He had the mortification of being jilted by a little boardingschool girl (Washington Irving). SYNONYM(S): reject –n. a woman who casts off a lover… … Useful english dictionary
jilt — index rebuff, reject, spurn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
jilt — [ dʒılt ] verb transitive INFORMAL to tell someone that you want to end your romantic relationship with them … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
jilt — [v] abandon, betray break off*, coquette, deceive, desert, disappoint, discard, ditch*, drop*, dump*, forsake, get rid of, leave, leave at the altar*, leave flat*, reject, throw over*; concepts 195,297,384 Ant. keep, love … New thesaurus
