QUITTER

quitter

(noun) a person who gives up too easily

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

quitter (uncountable)

(now rare, outside, Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.

(farriery) A fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot resulting from bruises, pricks, or neglected corns.

(obsolete) Scoria of tin.

Verb

quitter (third-person singular simple present quitters, present participle quittering, simple past and past participle quittered)

To suppurate; ooze with pus.

Etymology 2

Noun

quitter (plural quitters)

One who quits.

(obsolete) A deliverer.

Source: Wiktionary


Quit"ter, n.

1. One who quits.

2. A deliverer. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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