Meanings
comparative more quisquis · superlative most quisquis · alternative quis-quis
- ScotlandrareSynonym of quisquous.
A drastic method this last to make sere of a full meeting and no shirkers of a “quisquis” business—evidently meaning a delicate and difficult one; a rare expression not found elsewhere in these papers.
1909, William Macgill, “Topography and Local History”, in Old Ross-Shire and Scotland, As Seen in the Tain and Balnagown DocumentsSynonyms: quisquous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of quisquous.
Origin
- Latinquis“of what kind”
- Latinquisquis“whosoever”
- Englishquisquis
Shared with quisquous and quiscoskos; from Latin quisquis (“whosoever”) or by reduplication of Latin quis (“of what kind”).
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