Meanings
pronoun
- alternativeAlternative spelling of quisquis.
(…) but is there not also a Scotch word, “quis-quis” (the same in Latin), whoever, whosoever?
1899, James B. Montgomerie-Fleming, Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary
adjectivequis-quis (comparative more quis-quis, superlative most quis-quis)
comparative more quis-quis · superlative most quis-quis
- alternativeAlternative spelling of quisquis.
Strangers arriving in a place and being considered of doubtful character are spoken of as “Very quis-quis sort of people,” meaning, “Whoever, or Whosoever, they may be, we don't know and can't find out.”
1899, James B. Montgomerie-Fleming, Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary
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