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quittor

/ˈkwɪt.ɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quit-tor
IPA
/ˈkwɪt.ɚ/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

Etymology

From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quiter, cuiture, coctura

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/
  • British English: /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

quittors (plural) quitter (alternative)

Homonyms

quitter

Rhymes With

twitter bitter glitter hitter sitter fitter splitter critter quitter shitter jitter witter

Questions

How do you pronounce quittor?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/.
What does quittor mean?
A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
Where does quittor come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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