giglet

American  

[gig-lit] / ˈgɪg lɪt /

Or giglot

noun

1. a giddy, playful girl.

2. Archaic. a lascivious woman.

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Etymology

Origin of giglet

First recorded in 1300–50, giglet is from the Middle English word gig(e)lot. See gig ³, -let

Example Sentences

See, the Ravenna giglet, Mistress Ritta, And melancholy as a cow.—How's this?

From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Moses, Montrose Jonas

She wept a bit, and then she began to laugh and, in fact, went on about it like a giglet wench of twenty-five.

From The Torch and Other Tales by Phillpotts, Eden

Where ance the coggie hirpled fair,  And blithesome poortith toomed the loof There's nae a burnie giglet rare  But blaws in ilka jinking coof.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof, There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various