gout

See also: goût and Goût

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of goutte.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡaʊt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊt
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [ɡʌut]
  • Audio (Canada)(file)

Noun

gout (countable and uncountable, plural gouts)

  1. (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
    Synonyms: crystalline arthritis, gouty arthritis, urarthritis
    Hypernym: arthritis
  2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
    • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:
      I see thee still,
      And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
    • 1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, page 137:
      [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
    • 2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion, (Google preview):
      Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.
  3. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.[1]
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References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Etymology 2

French goût

Noun

gout (plural gouts)

  1. (obsolete) taste; relish
    • 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)
      A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]

French

Noun

gout m (plural gouts)

  1. Alternative spelling of goût

Usage notes

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣout/

Noun

gout n (stem goud-)

  1. gold

Alternative forms
  • golt (Rhinelandic, Limburgish)

Descendants

Further reading
  • “gout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “gout”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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