guilty
English
/ˈɡɪl.ti/
adj
Definitions
- Responsible for a dishonest act.
- (legal) Judged to have committed a crime.
- Having a sense of guilt.
- Blameworthy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gilty inherited from Old English gyltiġ (guilty, offending) suf from English guilt (gilt).
Origin
English
guilt
Gloss
gilt
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beguilt English
- beguilty English
- blood English
- bloodguilt English
- bloodguiltiness English
- bloodguilty English
- forguilt English
- guilt English
- guilt-ridden English
- guilt-sick English
- guilter English
- guiltfree English
- guiltily English
- guiltiness English
- guiltless English
- guiltlike English
- guiltridden English
- guiltware English
- guiltylike English
- inguilty English
- misguilt English
- nonguilt English
- nonguilty English
- self-guilt English
- unguilt English
- unguiltiness English
- unguilty English
- gyltiġ Old English
- gilt Middle English
- gilty Middle English