English

Noun

jilt ‎(plural jilts)

1. A woman who jilts a lover.

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Verb

jilt ‎(third-person singular simple present jilts, present participle jilting, simple past and past participle jilted)

1. (transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
   • John Locke (1632-1705)

     Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

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Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic جِلْد ‎(jild, “skin, hide”).

Noun

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1. skin