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单词 quaite
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quaiteadv.

Brit. /kweɪt/, U.S. /kweɪt/
Forms: 1800s– quaite, 1900s– quate.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: quite adv.
Etymology: Representing an affected pronunciation of quite adv.
Chiefly humorous.
= quite adv.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > completely, quite, or absolutely
faira1325
quitec1330
full outa1382
straightly1395
absolutely?a1425
quitementa1450
rightc1450
twighta1500
cleara1522
plain1535
flat1577
sincerely1583
clever1664
cleverly1696
sublimely1722
square1862
quaite1864
fucking A1960
1864 J. S. Le Fanu Uncle Silas I. x. 103 It is impossible, you must see—quaite impossible.
1933 W. S. Maugham Sheppey i. 28 I always say I quaite understand. Noblesse oblige if you know what I mean.
1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile v. 87 ‘Do you mean no beer?’ ‘Quate. I shall be keeping an eye on you.’
1979 G. Petrie Hand of Glory iii. 37 She is quaite raight... Ay would not wish to seem grotesque.
2002 Spectator (Nexis) 15 June 33 His letters to her are gloriously posturing: ‘oh the sunshine has a fearful effect on me—it makes me want to take you into a wood over the hill, &..love you until you are quite, quite dead’ (this sounds less sinister if read in the accents of contemporary romantic cinema, ‘quaite, quaite dudd..’).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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