quittor
English
Alternative forms
- quitter (Etymology 1)
Etymology
From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura.[1] Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/, [ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ]
- Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
- Homophone: quitter
Noun
quittor (plural quittors)
- A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.
References
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