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verb (used with object)
1.
to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.
noun
2.
a woman who jilts a lover.
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Jilt
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| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
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jilt·er, noun
un·jilt·ed, adjective
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jilt
"to deceive after holding out hopes," 1673, from jilt (n.) "loose, unchaste woman; harlot" (1672), perhaps ult. from M.E. gille "lass, wench," a familiar or contemptuous term for a woman or girl (c.1460), originally a shortened form of woman's name Gillian, popular form of Juliana.
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