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gigot

/ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/ US, UK
/ʒi.ɡoʊ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɪɡət

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French gigot (“leg (of lamb)”), from gigue (“(colloquial) a long leg; haunch of some animals, especially venison”) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Gigue is derived from giguer (“to dance; to jump”), further etymology unknown.

noun gigots · gigget · giggot · jigget · jiggot · jigot

A leg of lamb or mutton. Then is the hoſtie ſlaine and flayde, and part on gridorne put, / The liuer and lights they comely ſéeth and euery little gut. / The gigots and the other fleſh in péeces they did ſpit, / Which roſt, tipling the pleaſaunt wine they downe to table ſit.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”). Of these circumambulatory ells of crape, the young artificer contrived to fabricate a dress that was anything but unbecoming. The enormous crape gigots (for those were the days of gigots), which made part of her black treasure, hung from her delicate fair arms like transparent clouds upon the silver
Similar: leg-of-mutton sleeve

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noun leg of lamb or mutton

Français	gigot

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@misc{gigot_2026,
  title = {gigot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gigot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}