jilt
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jilt
- /d͡ʒɪlt/
Rhymes with -ɪlt
Where it comes from
Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”).
noun jilts
- A woman who readily casts aside her lover. And has she been long a Jilt? has she practiſed the Trade for any Time?
verb jilts · jilting · jilted
- To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.
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noun woman who jilts a lover
| Русский | изме́нница izménnica, обма́нщица obmánščica |
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| العربية | نابذة لحبيبها nābiḏa liḥabībihā |
verb to jilt
| Español | dejar, cortar, plantar, dar calabazas, planchar |
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| 日本語 | 振る furu, ふる furu, 振り捨てる furisuteru, 捨てる suteru |
| 中文 | 拋棄 /抛弃 pāoqì, 甩 shuǎi |
| Français | plaquer, quitter, abandonner |
| Deutsch | den Laufpass geben, verlassen, fallen lassen, sitzen lassen, einen Korb geben, verladen |
| Italiano | piantare, rompere, dare buca |
| Русский | броса́ть brosátʹ, бро́сить brósitʹ |
| العربية | نَبَذَ nabaḏa, أَهْمَلَ ʔahmala |
Talk about this word "jilt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jilt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jilt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jilt "jilt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jilt.
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@misc{jilt_2026,
title = {jilt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jilt},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
