Definitions for gout

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Spelling: [gout]
IPA: /gaʊt/

Gout is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in gout (gotu).

Definitions for gout

noun

  1. an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
  2. a mass or splash, as of blood; spurt.

Origin of gout

1250-1300; Middle English goute Old French Latin gutta a drop (of fluid); gout in the feet formerly was attributed to drops of a corrupted humor

Examples for gout

I have had symptoms of a fit of the gout, and been trying to keep it off by exercise.

His usual panacea of the gout did not come as expected, to set him up again.

The knight grimaced ruefully, and begged Robin to think of his gout.

He old mans, much fat, with red nose and--how you call--gout.

I am very sorry to hear of your gout, except that it carries off all other complaints.

The diet, in fact, is so rich and plentiful, that gout is a common condition.

Nobody can be afraid of gout with the admirable diet we enjoy here.

If 'twere not for some twinges of the gout, I'd kick you out!

According to Robertson—not a registered dietician—low carb diets “build up clinkers” and “you get swollen joints, you get gout.”

My father's got a slight touch of the gout, and is kept at home by it.'

Word Value for gout
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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