Quitter

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkwɪ.tÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɪtÉ™(r)
• Homophones: quittor

From Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture ("burn mark, burning"), from the participle stem of cuire ("to cook").

Alternative forms

• quittor, quitture obsolete

Full definition of quitter

Noun

1. (now rare, Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
• 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:Therfor Sathan ... smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top; which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil.
2. (farriery) A fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot resulting from bruises, pricks, or neglected corns.
3. (obsolete) Scoria of tin.

Verb

1. to suppurate; ooze with pus.

From quit + -er.

Noun

1. One who quits.Winners never quit and quitters never win.
2. (obsolete) A deliverer.----