gite

/ʒiːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

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noun

noun

Obsolete

"Whan she doth her aray / And gyrdeth in her gytes : / Stytched and pranked wyth pletes."
"Thy brodred gyte makes thee a gallant gyrle."
"Done is thy pride, dim is thy glorious gite, / Slaine is thy prince in this unhappy fight."
"How suddenly declineth David's pride! / As doth the daylight settle in the west, / So dim is David's glory and his gite. / Die, David; for to thee is left no seed."
"When Phœbus rose, he left his golden weed,"

Unclear; perhaps related to Old French guite.

gites (plural) gyte (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce gite?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʒiːt/.

What does gite mean?

Alternative form of gîte.

Where does gite come from?

Unclear; perhaps related to Old French guite.

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