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gout

About 1.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A drop; a spurt or splotch.
  3. noun A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
  4. verb To spurt.
  5. noun Alternative form of gote (“sluice, ditch, drain; vault”).
  6. noun Taste; relish.

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Word family

goutier goutiest gouts gouty

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