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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? |