coit

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Etymology 1

See quoit.

Noun

coit (plural coits)

1. Obsolete form of quoit.
   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. , new edition, London: B. Law, ; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:

     children make use of in playing at coits

Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw.

   to coit a stone

References

• “coit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from coitus.

Noun

coit

1. Synonym of coition

Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (rare) to copulate; to mate

Synonyms

• coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Anagrams

• -otic, Tico, Toci, otic

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

coit m (plural coits)

1. coitus

Derived terms

• coital

Further reading

• “coit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

coit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of coeō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coït.

Noun

coit n (plural coituri)

1. sexual intercourse

Declension