quittor

== English == === Alternative forms === quitter (Etymology 1) === Etymology === From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/, [ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ] Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) Homophone: quitter === Noun === quittor (plural quittors) A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone. === References ===