gist

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Old French gist, a noun use of the third person singular indicative of gesir (“to lie down”) (modern French gésir; compare Anglo-Norman (cest) action gist (literally “(law) (this) action lies”)), from Latin iacēre, the present active infinitive of iaceō (“to lie down, lie prostrate, recline”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”) (probably in the sense of something being thrown down). The verb is derived from the noun. The programming sense is a genericized trademark of GitHub Gist, introduced 2008. ==== Noun ==== gist (countable and uncountable, plural gists) (countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith. Synonyms: essence, quintessence, thrust; see also Thesaurus:gist (countable, law, dated) The essential ground for action in a lawsuit, without which there is no cause of action; the gravamen. (uncountable, Nigeria) Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this. (programming) A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting site GitHub Gist. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gist (third-person singular simple present gists, present participle gisting, simple past and past participle gisted) (transitive) To extract and present the main ideas or substance, or the most essential parts of (a document, piece of writing, etc.); to abridge, to summarize. Synonyms: condense, précis (intransitive, Nigeria) To talk idly; chat; also, to gossip. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English giste, geste (“resting or stopping place, hostel, lodgings; food, refreshment; (figurative) seat of the soul”), from Old French giste (“resting place”) (modern French gîte (“lodging, shelter; self-catering holiday home”)), a noun use of the past participle form of gesir (“to lie down”): see etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== gist (plural gists) (obsolete) A stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest. ===== Alternative forms ===== gest ===== Derived terms ===== gists (“roll reciting the several stages of a royal progress”) === References === === Further reading === gist (Nigerian term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gist (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Noah Webster (1828), “gist”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. John Bouvier (1839), “GIST”, in A Law Dictionary, […], volumes I (A–K), Philadelphia, Pa.: T. & J. W. Johnson, […], successors to Nicklin & Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 445, column 1. “gist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === GTis, ISTG, gits, stig, tigs == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɪst/ Hyphenation: gist Rhymes: -ɪst === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch gest, gist, from Old Dutch *gest, *gist, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. ==== Noun ==== gist f (plural gisten, no diminutive) yeast ===== Derived terms ===== biergist gisten gistzwam ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: gis === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gist inflection of gisten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gist inflection of gissen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative == Middle English == === Noun === gist alternative form of gest == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡiːs̠t/ === Verb === gīst alternative form of gibest == Nigerian Pidgin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === gist gossip, rumour == Old English == === Noun === ġist m alternative form of ġiest == Old French == === Verb === gist third-person singular present indicative of gesir == Romansh == === Etymology === From Latin iūstus, jūstus. === Adjective === gist m (feminine singular gista, masculine plural gists, feminine plural gistas) right == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡiːsd/, [ɡiːst] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɪsd/, [ɡɪst] === Noun === gist soft mutation of cist === Mutation === == Yola == === Alternative forms === jist, jeist === Etymology === From Middle English juste, from Old French juste. For /i/, compare Scots jeest, jeist (“just”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪst/, /d͡ʒist/ === Adverb === gist just, just now === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41