coit

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See also: Coit and coït

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See quoit.

Noun

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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

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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

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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from coitus.

Noun

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coit

  1. Synonym of coition

Verb

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

  1. (rare) to copulate; to mate
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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coit m (plural coits)

  1. coitus

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Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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coit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of coeō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French coït.

Noun

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coit n (plural coituri)

  1. sexual intercourse

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