quiture
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editquite, variant of cuite, feminine singular past participle of cuire + -ure. May correspond to Latin coctūra (compare Romanian coptură (“pus; abscess”)).
Noun
editquiture oblique singular, f (oblique plural quitures, nominative singular quiture, nominative plural quitures)
Usage notes
edit- The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub originally listed the cooking/cauterization senses and the quitter senses as separate words, and says that "the association […] is not immediately apparent". See references below.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (cuiture)
- cuiture on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub