gite
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 4
/ʒiːt/
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/ʒiːt/ · /ɡiːt/
Definition of gite
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of gîte.
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noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of gîte.
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(obsolete)A gown.
“Whan she doth her aray / And gyrdeth in her gytes : / Stytched and pranked wyth pletes.”
“Thy brodred gyte makes thee a gallant gyrle.”
“Done is thy pride, dim is thy glorious gite, / Slaine is thy prince in this unhappy fight.”
“How suddenly declineth David's pride! / As doth the daylight settle in the west, / So dim is David's glory and his gite. / Die, David; for to thee is left no seed.”
“When Phœbus rose, he left his golden weed,”
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Etymology
Unclear; perhaps related to Old French guite.
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