goutとは

発音

• (米国用法) IPA^(key): /ɡaʊt/
• Rhymes: -aʊt
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [ɡʌut]

名詞

gout (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 gouts)

1. (uncountable, pathology) 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.

   Synonyms: crystalline arthritis, gouty arthritis, urarthritis

   Hypernym: arthritis

2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
   • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:

     I see thee still,

     And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.

   • 1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, page 137:

     [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.

   • 2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion, (Google preview):

     Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.

3. (まれに) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.^[1]

派生語

• goutiness
• gout-ridden
• gouty
• pseudogout

関連する語

• gutter

派生した語

• Thai: เกาต์ (gáo)

参照

語源 2

French goût

名詞

gout (複数形 gouts)

1. (obsolete) taste; relish
   • 1870, The Cook and Housewife's Manual (5th edition)

     A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]