Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jilt

/d͡ʒɪlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: jilt
IPA: /d͡ʒɪlt/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman who readily casts aside her lover.

verb

To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And has she been long a Jilt? has she practiſed the Trade for any Time?"
"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."
"The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained."

Etymology

Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”).

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

jilts (plural) jilts (present, singular) jilting (participle, present) jilted (participle, past) jilted (past)

Derived Forms

jiltee jilter jiltish

Rhymes With

built guilt tilt rebuilt quilt wilt gilt silt spilt hilt kilt milt

Questions

How do you pronounce jilt?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒɪlt/.
What does jilt mean?: A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
Where does jilt come from?: Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”).

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