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Quitter
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- 1 Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus. Jamaica, regional, uncountable
"Therfor Sathan [...] smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top; which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil."
- 2 One who quits, as:; One who gives in.
"Winners never quit and quitters never win."
- 3 a person who gives up too easily wordnet
- 4 Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 5 One who quits, as:; One who succeeds in desisting from a vice, especially smoking, drinking, or drugging.
"Quitters are winners! If you can't quit on the first try, hang in there and try to quit again!"
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- 6 Scoria of tin. obsolete, uncountable
- 7 A leaver. archaic
- 8 A deliverer. obsolete
- 1 To suppurate; ooze with pus.
Etymology
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”).
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”).
From quit + -er.
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