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語源 1

From 中期英語 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”).

別の表記

• quittor (obsolete except farriery)
• quitture (obsolete)

名詞

quitter (uncountable)

1. (now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
   • 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:

     Therfor Sathan [...] smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top; which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil.

2. (farriery) Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”).
3. (obsolete) Scoria of tin.

動詞

quitter (third-person singular simple present quitters, present participle quittering, simple past and past participle quittered)

1. To suppurate; ooze with pus.

語源 2

From quit +‎ -er.

名詞

quitter (plural quitters)

1. One who quits, as:
   1. One who gives in.

      Synonym: (humorous) giver-upper

      Winners never quit and quitters never win.

      Don't be a quitter — hang in there!

      • 1974 August 8, Richard Nixon, 2:00 from the start, in Richard Nixon's resignation speech‎, CBSN:

        I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interests of America first.

      • 2001, Peter Mandelson, 4:14 from the start, in 2001 victory speech‎, ITV:

        Well, they underestimated Hartlepool, and they underestimated me because I am a fighter and not a quitter!

   2. One who succeeds in desisting from a vice, especially smoking, drinking, or drugging.

      Hypernym: ever-smoker

      Coordinate term: never-smoker

      Quitters are winners! If you can't quit on the first try, hang in there and try to quit again!

2. (archaic) A leaver.
3. (obsolete) A deliverer.

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