Jilting
[jilt] /dʒɪlt/
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.
/dʒɪlt/
verb
1.
(transitive) to leave or reject (a lover), esp without previous warning: she was jilted at the altar
noun
2.
a woman who jilts a lover
v.
“to deceive (especially after holding out hopes), cheat, trick,” 1660s, from the same source as jilt (n.). Related: Jilted; jilting.
n.
1670s, “loose, unchaste woman; harlot;” also “woman who gives hope then dashes it,” perhaps ultimately from Middle English gille “lass, wench,” a familiar or contemptuous term for a woman or girl (mid-15c.), originally a shortened form of woman’s name Gillian (see Jill).
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