giglot

English

Alternative forms

giglet

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡlət/

Noun

giglot (plural giglots)

(obsolete) A strumpet; a wanton girl.

Synonyms

fizgig
gig

Adjective

giglot (comparative more giglot, superlative most giglot)

(obsolete) giddy; inconstant; wanton
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 380:
  (O giglet Fortune) to master Cæſars Sword,

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “giglot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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