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   gist

   /dʒɪst/

   noun

   • 1. the substance or general meaning of a speech or text: "it was hard to get the gist of Pedro's talk"
   • 2. the real point of an action: "damage is the gist of the action and without it the plaintiff must fail"
   • 3. chat or gossip: Nigerian "I decided to spend the night at his place catching up on all the gist from the wedding"

   verb

   • 1. engage in chat or gossip: Nigerian "I need a good friend I can always gist with"

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesir ‘to lie’, from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gist ‘this action lies’ denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gist was adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves (gist (sense 2 of the noun)).

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • G

     2

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

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