gout
noun
- condition characterized by painful swelling of the joints, which is caused by deposition of urate crystals
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡaʊt/ / [ɡʌut]
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree French goûtbor. English gout Borrowed from French goût.
- Taste; relish.
“After a time, however, he became more sensible of the reviving influence proceeding from renewed energy; luxurious indolence had for ever lost to him its goût;[…]”
“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 […]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte and gutta. The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints".
- To spurt.
“Dark blood gouts from the creature's brisket.”