quittor

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/ · [ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ]

Definition of quittor

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

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Etymology

From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).

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