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gouty

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊti/ / [ˈɡaʊ̯ɾi]

adj

Etymology: From Middle English gowty; equivalent to gout + -y.

  1. Suffering from gout.

    When days and years proclaim you’re old — A dottle, cripple, gouty fellow, Then for support you can lay hold O’ the upright of your umberella.

    He helped Crabbe along to the rough landing-stage, a groaning Crabbe sorry for himself, a Crabbe with a bandaged foot, looking like a gouty uncle[.]