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Webster 1913 Edition


Gout

Gout

(gout)
,
Noun.
[F.
goutte
a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L.
gutta
drop.]
1.
A drop; a clot or coagulation.
On thy blade and dudgeon
gouts
of blood.
Shakespeare
3.
A disease of cornstalks. See
Corn fly
, under
Corn
.
Gout stones
.
See
Chalkstone
,
Noun.
, 2.

Goût

(goō)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
gustus
taste. See
Gusto
.]
Taste; relish.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gout

GOUT

,
Noun.
[L. gutta.]
1.
The arthritis, a painful disease of the small joints, but sometimes affecting the stomach. It is often periodical or intermitting.
2.
A drop. [Not used.]

GOUT

,
Noun.
goo.
[L. gustus, taste.] Taste; relish.

Definition 2024


gout

gout

See also: goût and Goût

English

Noun

gout (plural gouts)

  1. (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
    • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:
      I see thee still,
      And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
    • 1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, page 137:
      [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
    • 2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion, (Google preview):
      Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.
  3. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.[1]

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References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

French

Noun

gout m (plural gouts)

  1. Alternative spelling of goût

Usage notes

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.


Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣout/

Noun

gout n (stem goud-)

  1. gold

Descendants