Golden Bowl

Dictionary

JILTn.

[of uncertain etymology.] A woman who gives her lover hopes and capriciously disappoints him; a woman who trifles with her lover.

1. A name of contempt for a woman.

JILTv.t.

To encourage a lover and then frustrate his hopes; to trick in love; to give hopes to a lover and then reject him.

JILTv.i.

To play the jilt; to practice deception in love and discard lovers.