Pronunciation Noun
gout
- (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.
- Synonyms: crystalline arthritis, gouty arthritis, urarthritis
- Hypernyms: arthritis
- (usually, followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
- circa 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.
- circa 1607 William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:
- (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
- French: goutte
- German: Gicht
- Italian: gotta, podagra (when affecting the feet)
- Portuguese: gota
- Russian: пода́гра
- Spanish: gota
gout (gouts, present participle gouting; past and past participle gouted)
- (intransitive) To spurt.
- 2001, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Black House
- Dark blood gouts from the creature's brisket.
- 2001, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Black House
gout (plural gouts)
- (obsolete) taste; relish
- 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)
- A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]
- 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)
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