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Jilt   /dʒɪlt/   Listen
Jilt

verb
(past & past part. jilted; pres. part. jilting)
1.
Cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly.





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"Jilt" Quotes from Famous Books



... in, by being obliged to disappoint me; on account of a most terrible headache, that obliged her to keep her bed, and deprived her of the pleasure of seeing me till the next day. This headache coming all of a sudden, appeared to me very suspicious; and, never doubting but it was her intention to jilt me: 'Very well, mistress coquette,' said I to myself, 'if you do not enjoy the pleasure of seeing me this day, you shall not enjoy the satisfaction ...
— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre
... did Grace, because it was one of Little's days. This gave Mr. Carden the opportunity he wanted. When they were alone he fixed his eyes on his daughter, and said quietly, "What is your opinion of—a jilt?" ...
— Put Yourself in His Place • Charles Reade
... comes, the place will be filled with old women and baby-linen and medical apparatus, and you will have all the anxieties of a father added to the discomforts of a neglected husband. For the rest, your wife will know how "to cuckold, jilt, and sham" as well as any gay lady of ...
— The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and The Confession of the New-married Couple (1682) • A. Marsh


Words linked to "Jilt" :   leave, adult female, woman


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