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gig⋅o⋅lo

  [jig-uh-loh, zhig-]
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–noun, plural -los.
1. a man living off the earnings or gifts of a woman, esp. a younger man supported by an older woman in return for his sexual attentions and companionship.
2. a male professional dancing partner or escort.
Origin:
1920–25; < F, masc. deriv. of gigolette woman of the streets or public dance halls, prob. ult. deriv. of MF giguer to frolic (see jig 2 ); cf. giglet, ME gig(e)lot, which may have influenced gigolette
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gig·o·lo   (jĭg'ə-lō', zhĭg'-)   
n.   pl. gig·o·los

  1. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman.

  2. A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman.


[French, perhaps from gigolette, dancing girl, prostitute, from giguer, to dance, from gigue, fiddle, from Old French; see gigot.]
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Word Origin & History

gigolo 
1922, from Fr. gigolo, formed as a masc. of gigole "tall, thin woman; dancing girl; prostitute," perhaps from verb gigoter "to move the shanks, hop," from gigue "shank," also "fiddle," of Gmc. origin. This is perhaps the same word that was borrowed earlier as M.E. giglot (c.1340) "lewd, wanton girl," which was later applied to males (1529) with the sense "villainous man." M.E. gigletry meant "lasciviousness" (1387).
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