jilt• When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastatingeffect.• Anyway she was off to jilt another fellow; his name is Percy.• GraceBird is an abandonedwife and Babs's Stanislaus has jilted her.
Originjilt
(1600-1700)jilt“woman who ends a relationship”((17-20 centuries)), probably from jillet“girl who attracts sexual attention”((16-19 centuries)), from the female name Jill