jilt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɪlt/

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  Rhymes: -ɪlt

Etymology

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

Noun

jilt (plural jilts)

1. A woman who jilts a lover.

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Translations

A woman who jilts a lover

• Russian: изменница (ru) (izménnica) f, обманщица (ru) (obmánščica) f

Verb

jilt (third-person singular simple present jilts, present participle jilting, simple past and past participle jilted)

1. (transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
   • John Locke

     Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.

Translations

to jilt

• Arabic: نبذ (ar) (nábadha), أهمل (ar) ('áhmala)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拋棄 (cmn), 抛弃 (cmn) (pāoqì), 甩 (cmn) (shuǎi)

• Dutch: in de steek laten (nl), verlaten (nl), achterlaten (nl)
• French: plaquer (fr), quitter (fr), abandonner (fr)

• German: den Laufpass geben (de) (lover), verlassen (de)
• Japanese: 振る (ja) (ふる, furu), ふる (ja) (furu), 振り捨てる (ja) (ふりすてる, furisuteru), 捨てる (ja) (すてる, suteru)
• Russian: бросать (ru) (brosát') impf., бросить (ru) (brósit') pf.
• Spanish: dejar (es), cortar (es), plantar (es), dar calabazas (es)