gouts

Noun (1)

gout (countable and uncountable, plural gouts)

1. (uncountable) 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.
   • Once gout was confined largely to Western civilization (with some outliers, like the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan); now its ravages are global.2020 November 13, Ligaya Mishan, “Once the Disease of Gluttonous Aristocrats, Gout Is Now Tormenting the Masses”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2020

   Synonyms:

   crystalline arthritis, gouty arthritis, urarthritis, rich man's disease

2. (usually) A drop; a spurt or splotch.
   • Alternative forms: gut, gutt
3. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.

Noun (2)

gout (plural gouts)

1. (obsolete) 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;[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 232

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