quitter
/ˈkwɪ.tə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who quits, as:
noun
One who quits, as:
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Winners never quit and quitters never win."
- "Don't be a quitter — hang in there!"
- "I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interests of America first."
- "Well, they underestimated Hartlepool, and they underestimated me because I am a fighter and not a quitter!"
- "Quitters are winners! If you can't quit on the first try, hang in there and try to quit again!"
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pekʷ-, quitter, quiture, coctura
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈkwɪ.tə/