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# Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-169/
- Published: 2020-01-17T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-16T09:36:17.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

The word for today is…

jilt (verb) – To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously.

(noun) – One who discards a lover.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/jilt?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Jilt traces back to the English dialect noun jillet (“a flirtatious girl”), itself from Jill or Gill (used both as a proper name and as a noun meaning “girl”) plus the diminutive suffix -et. Jilt itself came into use in the second half of the 17th century as a noun meaning “an unchaste woman” (a sense that is now obsolete) or “a woman who capriciously casts a lover aside,” and also as a verb used for the actions of such a woman. These days, the person doing the jilting can be either male or female, and though jilt usually implies the sudden ending of a romantic relationship, it can also be used beyond the context of a romantic relationship with the broader meaning “to sever close relations with.”