English
jilt
Jilt comes from Scots jillet.
- Scotsc. 1450–presentjillet
- Englishearliest quotation 1683jilt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presentjillet
- Englishearliest quotation 1683jilt
Earliest quotation: 1683, Thomas Otway: “And has she been long a Jilt? has she…”
Every English word from Scots jillet
Today it means
noun A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scots jillet / jilt