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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jiltverb

    a woman who jilts a lover

  2. jiltverb

    cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly

    "jilt a lover or a bride"

Wiktionary

  1. jiltnoun

    A woman who jilts a lover.

  2. jiltverb

    To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.

ChatGPT

  1. jilt

    To jilt someone means to suddenly reject or abandon them, especially in a romantic relationship.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jiltnoun

    a woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt

  2. Jiltverb

    to cast off capriciously or unfeeling, as a lover; to deceive in love

  3. Jiltverb

    to play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously

  4. Etymology: [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a jill-flirt, dim. of jill a jill.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jilt

    jilt, n. a woman who encourages a lover and then rejects him.—v.t. to encourage and then discard a lover. [Formerly jillet, dim. of Jill.]

Etymology and Origins

  1. Jilt

    From the Scottish gillet, a giddy young woman. This word expressed the diminutive of Jill or Julia, a name used in a contemptuous sense after Julia, the daughter of Augustus Cæsar, who disgraced herself by her dissolute conduct.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jilt in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jilt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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  • نبذ, أهملArabic
  • verlassen, den Laufpass gebenGerman
  • cortar, plantar, dar calabazas, dejarSpanish
  • plaquer, abandonner, quitterFrench
  • piantare, dare buca, rompereItalian
  • 捨てる, ふる, 振る, 振り捨てるJapanese
  • in de steek laten, verlaten, achterlatenDutch
  • бросать, бросить, изменница, обманщицаRussian

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