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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread giglet #135280 11/17/2004 1:29 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California giglet :- A lewd, wanton girl. The etymology is murky. The 1st ed. OED doesn'tr really even hazard a guess. But other sources (the cautious AHD ventures 'perhaps') link giglet with Italian gigolo, French gigue 'violin; dance' (whence our jig) also linked with gigot 'leg of mutton'. Legs leads to dancing woman and prostitutes. Middle English also had gigletry 'lasciviousness'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted giglet jheem 11/17/2004 1:29 PM Re: giglet dxb 11/17/2004 4:46 PM Re: chortle dxb 11/18/2004 11:46 AM Re: giglet musick 11/17/2004 11:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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