“jillet”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

jillet

释义

jillet Sc.|ˈdʒɪlɪt|
[dim. of the female name Jill or gill (n.⁴): see also gillot, jelot.]
A giddy or flighty young woman; a jilt; sometimes, a familiar or contemptuous term for a girl or young woman, a wench.
1755Johnson s.v. Jilt, Perhaps from..gillet, or gillot, the diminutive of gill, the ludicrous name for a woman. 'Tis also called jillet in Scotland.1786Burns On a Scotch Bard gone to W. Indies vi, A jillet brak his heart at last, Ill may she be!1808–25Jamieson, Jillet, a giddy young woman, implying the idea of levity.1828Scott F.M. Perth xxxi, Hark you, were it not well to receive that coy jillet with something of a mumming?

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