ginguet
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French guinget (“a bitter type of wine served in taverns”), from guinger, a variant of giguer.
Adjective edit
ginguet (feminine ginguette, masculine plural ginguets, feminine plural ginguettes)
- (dated, colloquial) weak, bitter, poor (especially of wine)
- worthless, sorry
- scanty, short (of a garment)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ginguet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.