goit
See also: go it
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔɪt
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.
Noun
goit (plural goits)
- (UK, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
Etymology 2
Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.
Noun
goit (plural goits)
- (informal, derogatory) A fool.
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