gouty

[gou-tee]

adjective

goutier, goutiest 

1. pertaining to or of the nature of gout.

2. causing gout.

3. diseased with or subject to gout.

4. swollen as if from gout.

Other Word Forms

• goutily adverb
• goutiness noun
• ungouty adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gouty¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; gout, -y ¹

Example Sentences

The money he makes, running the farm with his unmarried niece, goes to support life in the city for his fatuous, gouty sort-of-ex-brother-in-law, an art professor who “knows nothing about art.”

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One of them, Belgian impresario John Joseph Merlin, created a “gouty chair” that relied on gears and cranks to propel users.

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If I eat a sugary dessert, I can feel it very quickly in my gouty big toes!

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A critic of the upper classes might have found gleeful rough justice in the gouty punishment of a prosperous glutton, while the victim took solace in the pain as a mark of high status.

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You may come for a glimpse at the gross — gouty hands suspended in glass or a “choking doll” designed to help physicians learn how to remove inhaled objects from kids’ throats.

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