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jilt
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 21, 2026 is: jilt \JILT\ verb To jilt someone is usually to abruptly end a romantic relationship with them. Jilt is also applied to various kinds of abrupt rejection. // The novel begins with the hero, having just been jilted by his fiancée, setting off to hike the Appalachian Trail. [See the entry >](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jilt) Examples: “The set suggests Miss Havisham’s room in her estate, which was famously frozen in time from the moment her fiancé jilted her in the Dickens novel, but that’s simply the frame for a behind-the-scenes view into all of the elements ... that go into an actor’s effort to bring a character to…