ginguet

French

Etymology

From Middle French guinget (“a bitter type of wine served in taverns”), from guinger, a variant of giguer.

Adjective

ginguet (feminine ginguette, masculine plural ginguets, feminine plural ginguettes)

1. (dated, colloquial) weak, bitter, poor (especially of wine)
2. worthless, sorry
3. scanty, short (of a garment)

Related terms

• ginglet
• ginglard
• guinguet

Further reading

• “ginguet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.