coit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Etymology 1
See quoit.
Noun
coit (plural coits)
- Obsolete form of quoit.
- 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
- children make use of in playing at coits
Verb
coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)
- (obsolete, transitive) To throw.
- to coit a stone
References
- “coit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
Back-formation from coitus.
Verb
coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)
Synonyms
- coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Catalan
Derived terms
Further reading
- “coit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Romanian
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