quittern.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quit v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < quit v. + -er suffix¹.

†1. A person who frees or discharges a person or thing. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Quiteur A quitter, acquiter, freer, discharger.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A quitter, or deliverer, Liberator.]

2. A person who or thing which quits, leaves, or abandons something. Now chiefly: a person who or thing which ceases or gives up an action or activity, esp. easily. Sometimes depreciative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker

skulkc1320

skulker1387

flincher1598

quitter1665

slink1824

turnback1843

sneakaway1900

trouble-shirker1908

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc. > one who

eluder1642

quitter1665

evader1754

buck-passer1933

1665 T. White Exclusion of Scepticks vi. 48 For, what hinders that, altogether and at-once, both the quitter should first not-be and the succeeder first be in the same place?

1792 J. Byng Diary 1 June in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 23 A reluctant quitter of life, and likewise very fond of talking.

1876 Chicago Tribune 19 July 5/2 He..was considered by many to be a quitter, but his performance yesterday..shows that he is to be ranked among the best.

1887 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 31 May The mighty pressure gives confidence that the [gas] well will not be a quitter.

1923 Auckland Weekly News 11 Oct. 16/6 He dropped in on me one evening and started to upbraid me for being a quitter.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 6 July 8- a/5 Records show about 14 per cent of the benefits paid in 1975 were to voluntary quitters.

2005 K. Friedman Texas Hold 'Em 198 I would be a quitter if I gave up whatever the hell I was doing in New York and went back home.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quitterv.¹

Brit.

/ˈkwɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪdər/, Irish English

/ˈkwɪtər/

Forms:

α. Middle English quitere, Middle English quitour, Middle English quitre, Middle English quitture, Middle English quiture, Middle English quyter, Middle English quytter, Middle English quytture, Middle English quyture.

β. late Middle English whetir, late Middle English whetyr, late Middle English whytowre.

γ. Scottish 1800s kitter; Irish English (northern) 1900s– kitter.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quittor n.

Etymology: < quittor n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare Anglo-Norman quiturer (13th cent. or earlier). Compare slightly earlier quittering adj.In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix).

Now Irish English (northern) and rare.

intransitive and transitive in passive. To become purulent; to fill with pus. Sc. National Dict. (at Kitter) records the word (in form kitter) as still in use in Ulster in 1960.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > suppurate [verb (intransitive)]

whealc1000

rank?a1300

ranklec1330

festera1400

putrefya1400

quittera1400

suppure?a1425

to come to a head1566

undercot1591

suppurate1615

youster1691

digest1722

maturate1726

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 14 If þat tweye woundis ben euene I-quytturid [v.r. evyne i quyter; L. in sanie equalia].

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 103 (MED) At þe laste þe wounde quyturide [v.r. quyteryde; L. peruenit ad saniem].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) (Harl. 221 525 (MED) Whytowryn, as soorys, idem quod whelyn, supra.

c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 154 (MED) With þe same medicyne schal alteracioun discrasynge & empostyme þat quytturiþ not be sesid..by euacuacioun..& bi medicyn leyd aboute þe sore & on þe sore.

a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 21 (MED) If in this tyme þe wounde be chaunged þorowe þe Ayre, þan make it to whetir.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Kitter, to fester; used concerning a sore; to inflame, to gather as a boil does. Ettr[ick] For[est].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quitterv.²

Brit.

/ˈkwɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪdər/, Scottish English

/ˈkwɪtər/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 quhitter, pre-1700 quitter, pre-1700 quytter; 1800s– quitter.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Perhaps partly an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: In early use probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Norwegian kvitre , Old Swedish qvitra (Swedish qvittra ), Danish kvidre to chirp, twitter), either of imitative origin or perhaps ultimately < the same Germanic base as queath v. In later use perhaps an independent imitative formation. Compare earlier twitter v.¹ and also whitter v.

Originally Scottish. rare (archaic in later use).

intransitive. To twitter; (also) to quiver; to flutter. Cf. whitter v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter

chirmOE

chattera1250

janglea1300

jargon?a1366

chirkc1386

chirtc1386

chitterc1386

twittera1387

chirpc1440

yipc1440

channerc1480

quitter1513

chirrup1579

chipper1593

pip1598

gingreate1623

chita1639

sweet1677

shatter17..

swee-swee1839

weet-weet1845

cheet1855

tweet1856

twiddle1863

weet1866

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > flutter

flickerc1000

flackerc1400

flitter1483

quitter1513

flack1567

fleck1567

flusker1660

flaffer17..

flit1700

skimmer1824

flutter1853

volitate1866

flurry1883

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver

shiverc1250

tremble1303

lillec1400

tryllec1400

quaver?a1439

didderc1440

dadderc1450

whitherc1450

bever1470

dindle1470

brawl1489

quiver1490

quitter1513

flichter1528

warble1549

palsy1582

quoba1586

twitter1629

dither1649

verberate1652

quibble1721

dandera1724

tremulate1749

vibrate1757

dingle1787

nidge1803

tirl1825

reel1847

shudder1849

tremor1921

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. 63 With forkit tong intil hir moutht quitterand.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 241 The gukgo galis, and so quytteris the quaill.

1872 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 64 There was the old tom-turkey a struttin' and a sidlin' and a quitterin', and a floutin' his tail-feathers in the sun.

1872 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 156 An old tom-turkey, that'll strut and gobble and quitter, and drag his wings on the ground.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xix. 394 Then strike. Not to stand quittering like quails when the event walketh on razors' edges.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1611

v.¹a1400

v.²1513

单词	quitter
释义	quittern. Brit. /ˈkwɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quit v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < quit v. + -er suffix¹. †1. A person who frees or discharges a person or thing. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Quiteur A quitter, acquiter, freer, discharger. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A quitter, or deliverer, Liberator.] 2. A person who or thing which quits, leaves, or abandons something. Now chiefly: a person who or thing which ceases or gives up an action or activity, esp. easily. Sometimes depreciative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker skulkc1320 skulker1387 flincher1598 quitter1665 slink1824 turnback1843 sneakaway1900 trouble-shirker1908 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc. > one who eluder1642 quitter1665 evader1754 buck-passer1933 1665 T. White Exclusion of Scepticks vi. 48 For, what hinders that, altogether and at-once, both the quitter should first not-be and the succeeder first be in the same place? 1792 J. Byng Diary 1 June in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 23 A reluctant quitter of life, and likewise very fond of talking. 1876 Chicago Tribune 19 July 5/2 He..was considered by many to be a quitter, but his performance yesterday..shows that he is to be ranked among the best. 1887 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 31 May The mighty pressure gives confidence that the [gas] well will not be a quitter. 1923 Auckland Weekly News 11 Oct. 16/6 He dropped in on me one evening and started to upbraid me for being a quitter. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 6 July 8- a/5 Records show about 14 per cent of the benefits paid in 1975 were to voluntary quitters. 2005 K. Friedman Texas Hold 'Em 198 I would be a quitter if I gave up whatever the hell I was doing in New York and went back home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quitterv.¹ Brit. /ˈkwɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdər/, Irish English /ˈkwɪtər/ Forms: α. Middle English quitere, Middle English quitour, Middle English quitre, Middle English quitture, Middle English quiture, Middle English quyter, Middle English quytter, Middle English quytture, Middle English quyture. β. late Middle English whetir, late Middle English whetyr, late Middle English whytowre. γ. Scottish 1800s kitter; Irish English (northern) 1900s– kitter. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quittor n. Etymology: < quittor n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare Anglo-Norman quiturer (13th cent. or earlier). Compare slightly earlier quittering adj.In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). Now Irish English (northern) and rare. intransitive and transitive in passive. To become purulent; to fill with pus. Sc. National Dict. (at Kitter) records the word (in form kitter) as still in use in Ulster in 1960. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > suppurate [verb (intransitive)] whealc1000 rank?a1300 ranklec1330 festera1400 putrefya1400 quittera1400 suppure?a1425 to come to a head1566 undercot1591 suppurate1615 youster1691 digest1722 maturate1726 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 14 If þat tweye woundis ben euene I-quytturid [v.r. evyne i quyter; L. in sanie equalia]. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 103 (MED) At þe laste þe wounde quyturide [v.r. quyteryde; L. peruenit ad saniem]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) (Harl. 221 525 (MED) Whytowryn, as soorys, idem quod whelyn, supra. c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 154 (MED) With þe same medicyne schal alteracioun discrasynge & empostyme þat quytturiþ not be sesid..by euacuacioun..& bi medicyn leyd aboute þe sore & on þe sore. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 21 (MED) If in this tyme þe wounde be chaunged þorowe þe Ayre, þan make it to whetir. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Kitter, to fester; used concerning a sore; to inflame, to gather as a boil does. Ettr[ick] For[est]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quitterv.² Brit. /ˈkwɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdər/, Scottish English /ˈkwɪtər/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 quhitter, pre-1700 quitter, pre-1700 quytter; 1800s– quitter. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Perhaps partly an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: In early use probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Norwegian kvitre , Old Swedish qvitra (Swedish qvittra ), Danish kvidre to chirp, twitter), either of imitative origin or perhaps ultimately < the same Germanic base as queath v. In later use perhaps an independent imitative formation. Compare earlier twitter v.¹ and also whitter v. Originally Scottish. rare (archaic in later use). intransitive. To twitter; (also) to quiver; to flutter. Cf. whitter v. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter chirmOE chattera1250 janglea1300 jargon?a1366 chirkc1386 chirtc1386 chitterc1386 twittera1387 chirpc1440 yipc1440 channerc1480 quitter1513 chirrup1579 chipper1593 pip1598 gingreate1623 chita1639 sweet1677 shatter17.. swee-swee1839 weet-weet1845 cheet1855 tweet1856 twiddle1863 weet1866 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > flutter flickerc1000 flackerc1400 flitter1483 quitter1513 flack1567 fleck1567 flusker1660 flaffer17.. flit1700 skimmer1824 flutter1853 volitate1866 flurry1883 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver shiverc1250 tremble1303 lillec1400 tryllec1400 quaver?a1439 didderc1440 dadderc1450 whitherc1450 bever1470 dindle1470 brawl1489 quiver1490 quitter1513 flichter1528 warble1549 palsy1582 quoba1586 twitter1629 dither1649 verberate1652 quibble1721 dandera1724 tremulate1749 vibrate1757 dingle1787 nidge1803 tirl1825 reel1847 shudder1849 tremor1921 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. 63 With forkit tong intil hir moutht quitterand. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 241 The gukgo galis, and so quytteris the quaill. 1872 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 64 There was the old tom-turkey a struttin' and a sidlin' and a quitterin', and a floutin' his tail-feathers in the sun. 1872 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 156 An old tom-turkey, that'll strut and gobble and quitter, and drag his wings on the ground. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xix. 394 Then strike. Not to stand quittering like quails when the event walketh on razors' edges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611v.¹a1400v.²1513
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