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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Word of the Day

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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