different between giglot vs giggot

English

Alternative forms

• giglet

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????l?t/

Noun

giglot (plural giglots)

1. (obsolete) A strumpet; a wanton girl.

Synonyms

• fizgig
• gig

Adjective

giglot (comparative more giglot, superlative most giglot)

1. (obsolete) giddy; inconstant; wanton

English

Etymology

From Brythonic numerals, from an assummed *gwigent, from Proto-Brythonic *?g?nt, from Proto-Celtic *wikant?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?d????t/
• Homophone: gigot
• Hyphenation: gig?got

Numeral

giggot

1. (Cumbria) twenty in Cumbrian sheep counting

See also

• (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

References

• Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 7
• Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007) , Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number?^[1], Australian Council for Educational Research, ?ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
• Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide?^[2], Continuum International Publishing Group, ?ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25

Noun

giggot (plural giggots)

1. Obsolete spelling of gigot