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Webster 1913 Edition


Gyte

Gyte

(gīt)
,
Adj.
Delirious; senselessly extravagant;
as, the man is clean
gyte
.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


gyte

gyte

Scots

Alternative forms

  • gite, geit, geyt, gaet
  • geite (obsolete)

Adjective

gyte

  1. crazy or mad; delirious; out of one's senses
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
  2. foolish; demented

Noun

gyte (plural gytes)

  1. A madman; fool
  2. A first-year boy at The Royal High School, Edinburgh or Edinburgh Academy.

References

  • Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1952