gout

Etymology

Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡaʊt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊt
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [ɡʌut]

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Noun

gout (countable and uncountable, plural gouts)

1. (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
   • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:

     I see thee still,

     And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.

   • 1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, page 137:

     [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.

   • 2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion, (Google preview):

     Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.

3. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.^[1]

References

Noun

gout m (plural gouts)

1. Alternative spelling of goût

Further reading

• “gout” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣout/

Noun

gout n (stem goud-)

1. gold

Further reading

• “gout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “gout”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929