different between gigot vs giglot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gigot (“leg (of lamb)”), from gigue (“(colloquial) a long leg; haunch of some animals, especially venison”) + -ot (“diminutive suffix”). Gigue is derived from giguer (“to dance; to jump”), further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?d????t/, /?i.?o?/
• Hyphenation: gi?got
• Rhymes: -???t

Noun

gigot (plural gigots)

1. (cooking) A leg of lamb or mutton.
2. (fashion) Short for gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”).

   Synonym: leg-of-mutton sleeve

Alternative forms

• gigget, giggot (obsolete)
• jigget, jiggot, jigot (archaic)

Derived terms

• gigot sleeve

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

• gigot (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• git-go

French

Etymology

From Old French gigue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.?o/

Noun

gigot m (plural gigots)

1. leg (of lamb)

Further reading

• “gigot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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