different between gout vs retrocedent

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte and gutta.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?a?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [??ut]

Noun

gout (countable and uncountable, plural 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.
3. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.

Derived terms

• goutiness
• gout-ridden
• gouty
• pseudogout

Related terms

• gutter

Descendants

• Thai: ????? (gáo)

Translations

Verb

gout (third-person singular simple present gouts, present participle gouting, simple past and past participle gouted)

1. (intransitive) To spurt.
   • 2001, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Black House

     Dark blood gouts from the creature's brisket.

References

Etymology 2

French goût

Noun

gout (plural 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 […]

French

Noun

gout m (plural gouts)

1. Post-1990 spelling of goût.

Further reading

• “gout” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?out/

Noun

gout n (stem goud-)

1. gold

Alternative forms

• golt (Rhinelandic, Limburgish)

Descendants

• Dutch: goud
  • Afrikaans: goud
  • ? Sranan Tongo: gowtu
• Limburgish: góldj

Further reading

• “gout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gout”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

English

Adjective

retrocedent (comparative more retrocedent, superlative most retrocedent)

1. Tending to retrocede; moving backwards.
2. (medicine) Of gout, an attack in which surface symptoms such as joint inflammation disappear suddenly, and are replaced by affections of the internal organs.

Latin

Verb

retr?c?dent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of retr?c?d?