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< git
gittern >
gite
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KEY
NOUN:
A simple, usually inexpensive rural vacation retreat especially in France.
ETYMOLOGY:
French
gîte
,
lodging, lair
, from Old French
giste
, from feminine past participle of
gesir
,
to lie
; see
gist
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