jilt

[jilt]

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verb (used with object)

to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.

noun

a woman who jilts a lover.

Origin of jilt

1650–60; earlier jilt harlot, syncopated variant of jillet

Related formsjilt·er, nounun·jilt·ed, adjective

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Related Words for jilted

neglected, deserted, discarded, abandoned, forsaken

Examples from the Web for jilted

Contemporary Examples of jilted

The Kafranbel posters have jilted both the regime and the rising tide of al-Qaeda affiliated Islamists inside Syria.
The Man Syria’s Jihadists Want Dead
Patrick Hilsman
January 30, 2014
Never married and approaching 40, his last long-term relationship ended in a jilted bride and returned registry items.
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Mythili Rao
January 7, 2013
The right wing is like a vulnerable adolescent who has suddenly been jilted.
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Lee Siegel
April 12, 2012
And they know Newt Gingrich is nothing more than a jilted lover at this point, so they will discount his broadsides.
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Mark McKinnon
January 7, 2012
Seems neither of the jilted lovers plans to make it easy for the new couple.
Michaele and Tareq Salahi’s Hellish Divorce
Diane Dimond
January 5, 2012

Historical Examples of jilted

But what makes me sick is to have everyone saying you've jilted me.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
But I hope the poor man, though I don't like him, has not been jilted?
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
She jilted him with a jolt that knocked his heart out of his mouth.
In a Little Town
Rupert Hughes
She could not bear to live in Exeter as the girl that had been jilted.
Kept in the Dark
Anthony Trollope
Then had come her downfall, in which it was commonly said of her that she had been jilted by her lover.
Kept in the Dark
Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for jilted

jilt

verb

(tr) to leave or reject (a lover), esp without previous warningshe was jilted at the altar

noun

a woman who jilts a lover

Derived Formsjilter, noun

Word Origin for jilt

C17: from dialect jillet flighty girl, diminutive of proper name Gill

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Word Origin and History for jilted

jilt

"to deceive (especially after holding out hopes), cheat, trick," 1660s, from the same source as jilt (n.). Related: Jilted; jilting.

jilt

1670s, "loose, unchaste woman; harlot;" also "woman who gives hope then dashes it," perhaps ultimately from Middle English gille "lass, wench," a familiar or contemptuous term for a woman or girl (mid-15c.), originally a shortened form of woman's name Gillian (see Jill).