Meanings
comparative more giglot · superlative most giglot · alternative giglet
- obsoletegiddy, inconstant, lewd, or wanton
(O giglet Fortune) to master Cæſars Sword,
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 3801 more example
But she, the giglot wanton, did not break a bedvow.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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