gout

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EtymologyEdit

Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”)

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /gaʊt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊt
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /gʌut/

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NounEdit

gout (plural gouts)

1. (pathology, not countable) 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.
2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
   • circa 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, sc. 1:

     I see thee still,

     And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.

   • 1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, p. 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.

3. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.^[1]

SynonymsEdit

• gouty arthritis
• urarthritis
• crystalline arthritis

Related termsEdit

• gutter

Derived termsEdit

• gouty
• goutiness
• pseudogout

TranslationsEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

NounEdit

gout m (plural gouts)

1. Alternative spelling of goût.

Usage notesEdit

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Alternative formsEdit

• golt

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɣout/

NounEdit

gout n (stem goud-)

1. gold

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: goud