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Added 9 October 2026

quitter

/ˈkwɪ.tə/ noun

Latin root: coctura Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about quitter at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who gives up too easily.

Origin

From Middle English quitter, from Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”).

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