Definition of GOUT

gout

Meanings

Plural: gouts

Noun

  • a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
  • An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  • A drop; a spurt or splotch.
  • A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
  • Alternative form of gote (“sluice, ditch, drain; vault”).
  • Taste; relish.

Verb

  • To spurt.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte, gutta, and gutter.
The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints".

Synonyms

crystalline arthritis, gouty arthritis, rich man's disease, urarthritis

Scrabble Score: 5

gout is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gout is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gout is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

gout is a valid Words With Friends word