quitter
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- Royaume-Uni//ˈkwɪ.tə//
Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
nom
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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.
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obsolèteScoria of tin.
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Variante de quittorAlternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”).
Étymologie
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”).
verbe
- 1
To suppurate; ooze with pus.
nom
- 1
One who quits, as: One who gives in.
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.
Well, they underestimated Hartlepool, and they underestimated me because I am a fighter and not a quitter!
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One who quits, as: One who succeeds in desisting from a vice, especially smoking, drinking, or drugging.
Quitters are winners! If you can't quit on the first try, hang in there and try to quit again!
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archaïqueA leaver.
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obsolèteA deliverer.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Medieval Latin quiētusder. Anglo-Norman quitterder. Middle English quiten English quit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English quitter From quit + -er.
Formes
- pluriel
- quitters
- passé
- quittered
- participe passé
- quittered
- participe présent
- quittering
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- quitters
quitter · Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
quitting · The deliberate ending of something.quiz · A competition in the answering of questions.quo · Paired with quid, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo…