Quittor Definition

kwĭtər
noun
A foot disease of horses characterized by a pus-forming fistula on the coronet.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Quittor

Noun

Singular:
quittor
Plural:
quittors

Origin of Quittor

  • Middle English quiture perhaps from Old French act of boiling from Latin coctūra boiling liquid from coctus past participle of coquere to cook pekw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness").

    From Wiktionary

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