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- [gout]
- /gaʊt/
- /ɡaʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gout]
- /gaʊt/
Definitions of gout word
- noun gout an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood. 1
- noun gout a mass or splash, as of blood; spurt. 1
- noun gout A disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller bones of the feet, deposition of chalkstones, and episodes of acute pain. 1
- noun gout inflammation of the joints 1
- uncountable noun gout Gout is a disease which causes people's joints to swell painfully, especially in their toes. 0
- noun gout a metabolic disease characterized by painful inflammation of certain joints, esp of the big toe and foot, caused by deposits of sodium urate in them 0
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Origin of gout
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English goute < Old French < Latin gutta a drop (of fluid); gout in the feet formerly was attributed to drops of a corrupted humor
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Parts of speech for Gout
noun
adjective
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conjunction
determiner
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gout popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gout usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gout
noun gout
- appetite — Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- appetence — a natural craving or desire
- stomach — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
Antonyms for gout
noun gout
- disinclination — the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- lot — lot (def 14).
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