gout

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gout /gaʊt/

▶noun

• 1 a disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller bones of the feet.

• 2 literary a drop or spot.

– derivatives
goutiness noun,
gouty adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. goute, from med. L. gutta, lit. ‘drop’ (because gout was believed to be caused by the dropping of diseased matter from the blood into the joints).