gout
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EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gout (countable and uncountable, plural gouts)
- (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
- Synonyms: crystalline arthritis, gouty arthritis, urarthritis
- Hypernym: arthritis
- (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:
- I see thee still,
- And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
- 1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, page 137:
- [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
- 2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion, (Google preview):
- Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:
- (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.[1]
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
arthritic disease
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DescendantsEdit
- Thai: เกาต์ (gáo)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
gout (plural gouts)
- (obsolete) taste; relish
- 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)
- A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]
- 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
gout m (plural gouts)
- Alternative spelling of goût
Usage notesEdit
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Further readingEdit
- “gout” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).