quittor

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UK/ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈkwɪt.ɚ/US[ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ]

noun

A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

OriginMiddle English quiter ← Old French cuiture ← Latin coctura →
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Meanings

nounquittor (plural quittors)

plural quittors · alternative quitter

  1. A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

Origin

  1. Latincoctura
  2. Old Frenchcuiture
  3. Middle Englishquiter
  4. Englishquittor

From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).

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APA

quittor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quittor

MLA

“quittor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quittor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quittor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quittor.

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