giggot

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US, UK/ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/

numeral

twenty in Cumbrian sheep counting

OriginBrythonic ← Cumbric *gwıgeint ← Proto-Brythonic *ʉgėnt →
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Meanings

numeral
  1. Cumbriatwenty in Cumbrian sheep counting
noungiggot (plural giggots)

plural giggots

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of gigot.

    Among the dainties which he [Henry VIII of England] relished, were giggots of mutton or venison, stopped with cloves; […]

    1821, [Elizabeth] Benger, Memoirs of the Life of Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII. [...] In Two Volumes, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], →OCLC, footnote, page 220

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*wikantī
  2. Proto-Brythonic*ʉgėnt
  3. Cumbric*gwıgeint
  4. Brythonic
  5. Englishgiggot

From Brythonic numerals, from an assumed Cumbric *gwıgeint, from Proto-Brythonic *ʉgėnt, from Proto-Celtic *wikantī.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with giggot

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Sounds the same

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APA

giggot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giggot

MLA

“giggot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giggot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “giggot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giggot.

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