quitter

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪ.tə/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who gives up too easily

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
person
Narrower (hyponyms)
dropout, abdicator, deserter

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