Jilt Definition

jĭlt
jilted, jilts
verb
To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously.
American Heritage
To reject or cast off (a previously accepted lover, etc.)
Webster's New World
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noun
One who discards a lover.
American Heritage
A woman who rejects a lover or suitor after accepting or encouraging him.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Jilt

Noun

Singular:
jilt
Plural:
jilts

Origin of Jilt

  • Possibly from obsolete jilt harlot alteration of gillot diminutive of gille woman, girl from Middle English gill4

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Contracted from Scots jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”).

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

JJIJIL

Words Ending With

TLTILT

Unscrambles

jilt

Words Starting With J and Ending With T

Starts With J & Ends With TStarts With JI & Ends With TStarts With J & Ends With LT

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With J4 Letter Words Ending With T