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† quaintisen.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French cointise. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman cointise, cuintise, cuointise, cointice, quaintise, queintise, etc., and Old French, Middle French cointise wisdom, cleverness, shrewdness, skill, ingenuity (12th cent.), trick, stratagem (12th cent.), cunning, deceit (13th cent.), emblem, insignia (13th cent.), elegance, showiness, ornament (13th cent.) < cointe quaint adj. + -ise -ise suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin cointisa , queintisa elaborate dress or robe, richly ornamented garment (frequently from mid 13th cent. in British sources). Compare quaintness n. Obsolete. 1. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or cleverness c1300 St. Katherine (Laud) 32 in C. Horstmann (1887) 93 (MED) Oþere resones of clergie þat mayde proffrede also..Gret wonder him þouȝte..of hire Quoyntise. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) (1898) 303 Þere is..Wit and kunning and kointise. a1450 (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) 378 (MED) Fondys..For to holde my lyf a day With qweyntys of clergye. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Univ. Oxf. 64) in (1884) 519 Genge withouten counsayl it is and withouten quayntis. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) iv. 865 Set hale his slycht and his quentis For to trete wytht thir Yonyis. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 12006 (MED) Bi a posterne þe legat, þoru quointise & gile, Hii broȝte to stratford. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. 906 This ypocrite of his queintise Awaiteth evere til she slepte. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) 740 (MED) Þe nedder..Mast of quantise es in [v.r. & of] craft. ?c1450 (1891) 1847 (MED) Þe deuel with his quayntys Will be aboute ȝow to suppryse. 1480 W. Caxton liii. 37 Vortiger..thought priuely in his herte thurgh queyntyse to bee kyng. a1500 (a1460) (1897–1973) 66 (MED) Wyth quantyse we shall thaym quell. a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 1062, in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 34 & sa he did Lang tyme or hir' quentiβ was kid. 1591 (?a1425) Adam & Eve (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill (1974) I. 21 (MED) Of the tree of paradice shee shall eate through my contyse. the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient c1300 St. Vincent (Laud) 154 in C. Horstmann (1887) 189 (MED) We ne mouwen quik ne ded ouer-come him a-londe For ne quoyntise þat we mouwen do. c1330 (Auch.) (1933) 2635 (MED) Þai ne miȝt hit no lenger defende But ase þai dide a fair queintise. a1400 (?a1350) (Egerton) (1927) 1339 (MED) Achilles moder, þat was a wycche wysȝe..had lered him of a faire quayntyse [v.rr. coyntise, quentyse]. c1450 (c1400) (Huntington) (1942) 156 Þei loke wel forþ bihynde þe nettes and þe queyntises [1340 Ayenbite ginnes] of þe deuel. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) xlviii. 70 Such coyntyses..were to compare to the Copspyn that made his nette to take the flyes. a1500 (?a1425) (Harl.) (1889) 359 (MED) She hyr bythought on a queyntyse..To wete where of he were come. a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Wemyss) v. 2782 Bot wyce, or syne, for to supprys It is off wertu a qwyntys. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 3566 (MED) Þere þo men miȝt yhere Þe queintise of þe spere, Of þe sonne, of mone and ster. a1500 (c1400) (1977) 74 (MED) Þen wos wonder to wale on wehes þat stoden, That myȝt not come to knowe a quontyse strange. society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > cognizance c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 5656 (MED) Merlin rode biforn..And bad hem..him suwe..On hors in fair queintise. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 4697 Knyghtes & squyers mad burdis in þer quantise of purpure & bis. a1450–1509 (?a1300) (A-version) (1913) 5699 (MED) A qweyntyse [v.r. qwaynttes] off þe kynges owen, Vpon hys hors was jþrowen. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 183 Armoris and quyntis [1489 Adv. quhytyss] that thai bare. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) xiii. 183 Armoris and quyntis that thai bare With blud wes swa defowlit thar That thai mycht nocht discrivit be. c1580 ( tr. (1929) IV. ii. 8499 With cote-armouris of quayntis seir. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > fine, splendid, or ornamental 1340 (1866) 258 (MED) Man oþer wyfman þet heþ wyt..ne ssel him naȝt prede of þe ssredinge of his bodye ne of þe quayntises of his heuede. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 173 (MED) Leuedyes and damoysele Quyk hem greiþed, þousandes fele, Jn faire atyre, in dyuers queyntise. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 2250 He that loveth..Shulde..hym disgysen in queyntise [Fr. cointerie]. c1450 (a1375) (Calig.) (1979) 80 (MED) After mete þe lordys wyse, Euerych yn dyvers queyntyse, To daunce wente. ?c1450 tr. (1906) 62 No wise woman aught to be hasty to take upon the new noualitees of array and queyntys. 1570 P. Levens sig. Miiiv/1 A Quentise, modus, mos insolitus.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † quaintisev.Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: quaintise n.; French cointiss-, cointir. Etymology: Either < quaintise n., or < Old French, Middle French cointiss-, extended stem of cointir quaint v.2 Compare post-classical Latin queintisare (1306 in a British source).In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). Obsolete. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > dress up or dress elaborately a1333 in C. Brown (1924) 28 (MED) What ys he, þys lordling þat cometh vrom þe vyht Wyth blod-rede wede so grysliche ydyht, So vayre y-coyntised. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) viii. 2472 Sondri thinges wel devised, I sih, wherof thei ben queintised. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 77 (MED) He weeneth he be now ful wel arayed and queyntised [Fr. assemillie]. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) lii. 76 They..haue soo many gownes wherof they coyntyse and araye their bodyes. Derivatives the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 113 Garnementes of velewet beten with gold and siluer and oothere queyntisinges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.c1300v.a1333 |