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quitter

noun
/ˈkwɪ.tə/UK

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”).

  1. derived from coctura
  2. derived from quiture
  3. inherited from quitter

Definitions

  1. Matter flowing from a wound or sore

    Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.

    • 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.

  2. Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”).

  3. Scoria of tin.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To suppurate

      To suppurate; ooze with pus.

    2. One who quits, as

      One who quits, as:

      • 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.

    3. A leaver.

    4. A deliverer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA