quittor

English

Alternative forms

• quitter (Etymology 1)

Etymology

From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/, [ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
• Homophone: quitter

Noun

quittor (plural quittors)

1. A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.