Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See giglet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl.
  • adjective obsolete Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A strumpet; a wanton girl.
  • adjective obsolete giddy; inconstant; wanton

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Examples

  • Torrens (p. 48) translates it “the giglot” (Fortune?) but “cannot discover the drift.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • But she, the giglot wanton, did not break a bedvow.

    Ulysses 2003

  • But she, the giglot wanton, did not break a bedvow.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • The young ladies followed her to her private sitting-room, where Agatha received a stern reprimand for the crime of laughing too loud, and was told she was no better than a silly giglot, who would probably bring herself some day to dire disgrace.

    The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Torrens (p. 48) translates it "the giglot" (Fortune?) but "cannot discover the drift."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "And out of my house thou goest this day," was the conclusion, "thou shameful, giglot hussey!

    A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864

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  • variation of giglet, which is just a perfect word.

    March 22, 2008

  • She was a most wanton wee piglet
    Who'd show you her butt and then wiggle it.
    The farmer, quite taken
    With flirtatious bacon,
    Has named tonight's dish roasted giglot.

    August 16, 2015