Quitter
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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.
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More examples"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."
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 quit + -er.
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