quidn.¹

Brit.

/kwɪd/, U.S.

/kwɪd/

Forms: 1500s– quid, 1600s quide.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quid.

Etymology: < classical Latin quid (interrogative pronoun) what, (indefinite pronoun) anything, neuter singular of quis , interrogative and indefinite pronoun (see quis pron.). With senses 1 and 2 compare earlier quiddity n. With sense 3 compare earlier quid pro quo phr.In sense 4, after post-classical Latin tertium quid, literally ‘a third something’, i.e. a third, new item, a third way (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian).

†1. = quiddity n. 2. Cf. quiddit n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun]

quiddity1539

quibc1540

quibibec1540

quirk1565

quillity1573

quid1576

quillet1576

quipa1592

quiddit1592

quidlit1598

quibibble1606

punctual1610

quidlibet1611

catasophistrya1614

quibbling1633

Scotism1645

quibble1650

thingum1672

quoddity1682

scruple1713

baffle1783

nit1982

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. H.j That Logike leape, not ouer euery stile..With curious Quids, to maintain argument.

2. That which a thing is. Cf. quiddity n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]

pitheOE

i-cundeeOE

roota1325

substancec1330

juicec1380

marrowa1382

formc1385

acta1398

quidditya1398

substantial forma1398

inward1398

savourc1400

inwardc1450

allaya1456

essencya1475

being1521

bottom1531

spirit?1534

summary1548

ecceity1549

core1556

flower1568

formality1570

sum and substance1572

alloy1594

soul1598

inwardness1605

quid1606

fibre1607

selfness1611

whatness1611

essentialityc1616

propera1626

the whole shot1628

substantiala1631

esse1642

entity1643

virtuality1646

ingeny1647

quoddity1647

intimacy1648

ens1649

inbeing1661

essence1667

interiority1701

intrinsic1716

stamen1758

character1761

quidditas1782

hyparxis1792

rasa1800

bone1829

what1861

isness1865

inscape1868

as-suchness1909

Wesen1959

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii My age Hath seene the beings and the quide of things.

1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley v. sig. H3 A widdow that has knowne the quid of things.

1675 H. Croft Naked Truth 25 The quid, the quale, the quantum, and such-like quack-salving forms.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Hence we have two kinds of Quids; Nominal..and Real.

a1763 J. Byrom Poems (1894–5) I. i. 569 In Truths that Nobody can miss, It is the Quid that makes the Quis; In such as lie more deeply hid, It is the Quis that makes the Quid.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 270 When I do not know the ‘quid’ of anything how can I know the ‘quale’?

1918 Science 4 Oct. 343/2 The quid of the matter is found..in the fact that in the table..these authors have chosen to use three ‘identifiable’ forces.

1968 Speculum 43 307 [Grosseteste] distinguishes optics from physics, for, he says, physics provides the quid of the rainbow but optics provides the propter quid.

1994 Diacritics 24 59 Lacan's Thing emerges as the pure ‘this’ of the object without properties—a quod without any quid.

3. In conjunction with quo: an action performed or thing given in return for something else, or in expectation of some return. Cf. quid pro quo phr. 2.Earliest in quid for quo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun]

gain-giving1489

retaliation1546

reciprocation1561

counterchange1586

return1591

paying back1598

revying1610

gratuity1614

quida1616

retreat?1615

retortion1636

retortment1649

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 65 I cry you mercy, 'tis but Quid for Quo .

1664 Duchess of Newcastle CCXI Sociable Lett. c. 199 At least it is but quid for quo, as to Revenge an Injury, but nothing but a Treacherous Nature can make or Hinder them from doing a Service for a Friend.

1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iii. 37 If he had only said it behind your back, why 'twere but quid for quo; it would have pass'd; but to your face—Oh monstrous!

1828 J. Neal Rachel Dyer viii. 97 ‘To a man o' the law—everything—all cases are alike, Sir—hey—provided—a—a—’ ‘Provided what, Sir?’ ‘Where the quid is the same.’ ‘The quid?’ ‘The quid pro quo—’.

1860 J. H. Ingraham Sunny South iv. 38 All things being equal—that is, the quid being equal to the quo as my brother used to say.

1939 S. de Madariaga Christopher Columbus xii. 136 The contractual sense, that attitude which sees every event of life as a transaction and expects and demands a definite quid for every quo.

1961 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 12 She could well take all and give nothing in return, pocket the quos as well as the quids.

1997 Nation 21 July 21/2 The quo for this huge quid was that religion would stay out of politics.

4. U.S. Politics. Usually with capital initial. Any of several factions of the Democratic-Republican Party in the years 1804–12, who regarded themselves as upholding traditional Republican values and often allied themselves with the Federalist Party. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1804 Sprig of Liberty (Gettysburg, Pa.) 25 Oct. In the county of York, the federalists and quids in conjunction had a majority of 181 in favour of Mr. Kelly, which added to the federal majority in Adams, gives them a majority of 494.

1882 H. Adams John Randolph (1884) 182 He belonged to the third party, the quiddists or quids, being that tertium quid..which had no name, but was really an anti-Madison movement.

1920 Collier's 14 Feb. 18/2 The acrid Randolph..is the only person that history identifies conspicuously with the ‘Quids’.

1963 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 50 255 ‘Quid’, a term generally applied reproachfully by political rivals, was rarely used in self-designation.

2005 M. R. Kelly Olmsted Case iii. 62 The Quids became the Society of Constitutional Republicans, but their opponents continued to call them the ‘Quids’, a name they did not seem to mind.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quidn.²

Brit.

/kwɪd/, U.S.

/kwɪd/, Australian English

/kwɪd/, New Zealand English

/kwɪd/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, quids.

Forms: 1600s quidd, 1600s– quid.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quid.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < classical Latin quid what (see quid n.¹), reinterpreted within English to refer to (monetary) means or wherewithal.It has also been suggested that this is the same word as quid n.³, but that is first attested later. It has been suggested that the following shows an earlier example, but this seems unlikely:?a1558 in Kent Rec. (Kent Archaeol. Soc.) (1999) 3 ii. 91 Item resayved (?)for vj bs. of loges pris x quid the lode.

colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand).

a. Originally: a sovereign; a guinea. Later: one pound sterling; (formerly also) one Australian pound.Now usually with unchanged plural following a cardinal numeral: cf. etymological note at pound n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > a pound

li.c1450

quid1661

strike1680

note1775

scrieve1821

nicker1871

saucepan lid1896

bar1911

berry1918

smacker1920

thick 'un1968

sob1970

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings

goldfinch1602

Harry sovereign1615

piece1631

jingle-boya1640

yellow boy1654

quid1661

marigold1663

broad-piece1678

pound piecea1715

gold penny1736

sovereign1817

dragon1827

sov1829

chip?1836

couter1846

thick 'un1848

monarch1851

James1858

skiv1858

Victoria1870

goblin1887

red one1890

Jimmy1899

quidlet1902

Jimmy O'Goblin1931

pound coin1931

1661 ‘P. Aretine’ Strange Newes from Bartholomew-Fair 5 The fool lost his purse, but how he knew not; for the reckoning being suddainly brought in, his Quids were vanisht.

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia iii. i. 42 Let me Equip you with a Quid.

1763 Blessings of P****, & Sc. Excise 23 I'm to have two quids; and little enough too.

1796 Mod. Gulliver 165 The twenty last are worth full forty quid.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. xiii. 166 One quid, two coach wheels.

1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair ii. x It isn't two quid a week that will keep a young gentleman of your powers.

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 241 I ad two quid saved agen the frost; an Ive a pahnd of it left.

1929 W. P. Ridge Affect. Regards 71 Milton received only ten quid for the first edition of ‘Paradise Lost’.

1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 74 I was thinking of moving on a bit but there are still enough here to make a few quid.

1993 Classic CD Oct. 66/3 No-one is going to shell out 40 quid for them.

b. quids in: in luck or profit; well off for money.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off

well at easec1330

of substance?a1439

at rack and (at) mangera1500

in good case1560

well to live1568

well and warmc1571

well to pass in the worlda1609

inlaid1699

in easy circumstancesa1704

well to do in the world1805

stouth and routh1816

quids in1919

the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in or with good luck

arse upwardsc1600

in luck1752

on the tinny luck1918

quids in1919

1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/2 Quid's in, for a stroke of good fortune.

1928 ‘N. Shute’ So Disdained v. 206 Then when they come I'll be quids in, anyway enough to get my fingers on the plates with any luck.

1969 J. N. Chance Abel Coincidence x. 187 If you know about people and they know nothing about you, you're quids in at the starting grid.

1994 Chat 5 Feb. 24/2 Three lucky Chat readers will find themselves quids in with this great cash competition.

Categories »

c. the full quid at full adj., n.², and adv. Phrases 1f.

2. As a mass noun: money, cash. Usually in plural (with singular agreement). rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > [noun]

silverc825

feec870

pennieseOE

wortheOE

mintOE

scata1122

spense?c1225

spendinga1290

sumc1300

gooda1325

moneya1325

cattlec1330

muckc1330

reasona1382

pecunyc1400

gilt1497

argentc1500

gelta1529

Mammon1539

ale silver1541

scruff1559

the sinews of war1560

sterling1565

lour1567

will-do-all1583

shell1591

trasha1592

quinyie1596

brass1597

pecuniary1604

dust1607

nomisma1614

countera1616

cross and pilea1625

gingerbreada1625

rhinoa1628

cash1646

grig1657

spanker1663

cole1673

goree1699

mopus1699

quid1699

ribbin1699

bustle1763

necessary1772

stuff1775

needfula1777

iron1785

(the) Spanish1788

pecuniar1793

kelter1807

dibs1812

steven1812

pewter1814

brad1819

pogue1819

rent1823

stumpy1828

posh1830

L. S. D.1835

rivetc1835

tin1836

mint sauce1839

nobbins1846

ochre1846

dingbat1848

dough1848

cheese1850

California1851

mali1851

ducat1853

pay dirt1853

boodle?1856

dinero1856

scad1856

the shiny1856

spondulicks1857

rust1858

soap1860

sugar1862

coin1874

filthy1876

wampum1876

ooftish1877

shekel1883

oil1885

oof1885

mon1888

Jack1890

sploshc1890

bees and honey1892

spending-brass1896

stiff1897

mazuma1900

mazoom1901

cabbage1903

lettuce1903

Oscar Asche1905

jingle1906

doubloons1908

kale1912

scratch1914

green1917

oscar1917

snow1925

poke1926

oodle1930

potatos1931

bread1935

moolah1936

acker1939

moo1941

lolly1943

loot1943

poppy1943

mazoola1944

dosh1953

bickies1966

lovely jubbly1990

scrilla1994

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Quidds, money.

1797 T. B. Pettyfogger Dramatized i. i. 19 Bring any with you who has the quids: you know I keep open house of Sundays.

1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. (at cited word) Quids, cash.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 679/2 Quids, money, or rather cash, in general.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

quidn.³

Brit.

/kwɪd/, U.S.

/kwɪd/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cud n.

Etymology: Originally a variant of cud n., now distinguished in form in the senses below.

1. A small lump of something (esp. tobacco) for chewing. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick > small piece cut from

cudeOE

quid1720

chew1725

chaw1772

fid1793

fig1838

plug1843

1720 C. Shadwell Sham Prince in Five New Plays iv. 174 They appear very Fine, and very Gallant; but they never pay their Debts, and will pawn their Honour for a Quid of Tobacco.

1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands iii. 27 Beetle-nut and Chinam, of which they had always a quid in their mouths.

1805 W. Hunter in Naval Chron. 13 35 I chewed my Quid of bitterness.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 141 His mind was..revolving the problem of existence like a quid of gum.

1914 Z. Grey Rustlers of Pecos County x. 168 Morton..produced knife and tobacco and cut himself a huge quid.

1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War iii. 112 I generally chew a quid of tobacco while we are going into action.

2000 J. Mann Murder, Magic, & Med. (rev. ed.) iii. 74 The termcocada is a measure of the time during which a quid of coca leaves will sustain the consumer.

2. English regional in later use. A cast or pellet (pellet n.¹ 2b) regurgitated by a bird of prey. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > cast

casting1388

pellet1802

quid1834

cast1864

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of > digestive organs of

gleeta1340

gorgec1450

panela1475

glut1611

quid1834

1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 141 Mice are preferred to birds, the feathers being more untractable than the fur, both in swallowing, and in casting pellets or quids.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Owlerd Them owls..sin a mouze..an' ketchen 'im..an' chawen 'im..'an crushen 'im, an' sooken 'im till theer inna nuthin' left on 'im, an' then they droppen the quid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† quidv.¹

Forms: Old English cweddian (rare), Old English cwidde (past tense), Old English cwiddian, Old English cwyddian, late Old English cwydde (past tense), late Old English cwydian, early Middle English cwidde, early Middle English quidde, early Middle English quiddie.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quide n.

Etymology: < quide n. Compare Old Icelandic kviðja to forbid.In Old English the prefixed forms becwiddian to bespeak, to deposit (a pledge) (compare be- prefix), wiþercwiddian to murmur (compare wither- prefix) are also found.

Obsolete.

transitive. To say, declare. Also intransitive: to speak.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)]

matheleOE

speakc888

spellc888

yedc888

i-quethec900

reirdOE

meldOE

meleOE

quidOE

i-meleOE

wordOE

to open one's mouth (also lips)OE

mootOE

spellc1175

carpa1240

spilec1275

bespeakc1314

adda1382

mella1400

moutha1400

utter?a1400

lalec1400

nurnc1400

parlec1400

talkc1400

to say forthc1405

rekea1450

to say on1487

nevena1500

quinch1511

quetch1530

queckc1540

walk1550

cant1567

twang1602

articulate1615

tella1616

betalk1622

sermocinate1623

to give tongue1737

jaw1748

to break stillness1768

outspeaka1788

to give mouth1854

larum1877

to make noises1909

verbal1974

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]

speakc825

queatheOE

forthdoc900

i-seggenc900

sayeOE

speak971

meleOE

quidOE

spella1000

forthbringc1000

givec1175

warpa1225

mootc1225

i-schirea1250

upbringa1250

outsay?c1250

spilec1275

talec1275

wisea1300

crackc1315

nevena1325

cast1330

rehearsec1330

roundc1330

spend1362

carpa1375

sermona1382

to speak outc1384

usea1387

minc1390

pronouncea1393

lancec1400

mellc1400

nurnc1400

slingc1400

tellc1400

wordc1400

yelpc1400

worka1425

utterc1444

outspeakc1449

yielda1450

arecchec1460

roose?a1475

cutc1525

to come forth with1532

bubble1536

prolate1542

report1548

prolocute1570

bespeak1579

wield1581

upbraid1587

up with (also mid) ——1594

name1595

upbrayc1600

discoursea1616

tonguea1616

to bring out1665

voice1665

emit1753

lip1789

to out with1802

pitch1811

go1836

to open one's head1843

vocabulize1861

shoot1915

verbal1920

be1982

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxvi. 389 Sume menn cwyddiað þæt ðu sy Iohannes se fulluhtere, sume secgað ðæt þu sy helias sume hieremias oððe an ðæra witegena.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiv. 226 Crist hi befran, hu men cwyddodon be him.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6996 Iesucrist wass..Þatt illke. off whamm profetess. Haffdenn..cwiddedd ær.

a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 271 As te hali prophete dauid cwiddes, ‘drihtines is te eorðe’.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4899 Bi-þenc þu a þine quides þe þu sulf quiddest.

a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 55 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 85 (MED) Nv quiddeþ men þat cumen is Messyas.

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quidv.²

Brit.

/kwɪd/, U.S.

/kwɪd/

Forms: 1700s– quid, 1800s– queedy (English regional (Somerset)).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quid n.³

Etymology: < quid n.³ Compare earlier cud v.

Now rare.

1. intransitive. To chew tobacco; (also, of an animal) to chew the cud; to chew over food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > action of chewing tobacco > chew tobacco [verb (intransitive)]

quid1759

1759 Poet. Descr. Hogarth's Election Prints iii. 17 Can drink, and crack a bawdy Joke, And still can quid, as well as smoke.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Quid, to chew tobacco.

1893 Surrey Gloss. Quidding, chewing the cud. ‘The heifer's getting better, she's quidding all right’.

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 57 [The horse] thoughtfully quidding over a mouthful of grass.

1927 D. McCord in S. Brown Ess. Our Times (1928) 280 The Southport..shot across our bow without a murmur, while its captain gazed down upon us and quidded placidly to the sea.

2. transitive. Of a horse: to let (food) drop from the mouth when half chewed, esp. as a symptom of tooth decay. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > eat or drop food

crumpa1825

quid1831

1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 189 The membranes of the nostril and the throat are inflamed and tender, and therefore the food is ‘quidded’.

1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xii. 258 The horse quids his hay, and gulps his water.

1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii. 761/3 Quid, to drop food from the mouth when partly masticated. (Said of horses).

2004 Racing Post (Nexis) 10 Aug. 11 If a horse's teeth aren't right, he'll be quidding—dropping food out of his mouth—and swallowing when it hasn't been properly chewed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1576

n.²1661

n.³1720

v.¹OE

v.²1759

单词	quid
释义	quidn.¹ Brit. /kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/ Forms: 1500s– quid, 1600s quide. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quid. Etymology: < classical Latin quid (interrogative pronoun) what, (indefinite pronoun) anything, neuter singular of quis , interrogative and indefinite pronoun (see quis pron.). With senses 1 and 2 compare earlier quiddity n. With sense 3 compare earlier quid pro quo phr.In sense 4, after post-classical Latin tertium quid, literally ‘a third something’, i.e. a third, new item, a third way (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian). †1. = quiddity n. 2. Cf. quiddit n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > trivial argument, quibble > [noun] quiddity1539 quibc1540 quibibec1540 quirk1565 quillity1573 quid1576 quillet1576 quipa1592 quiddit1592 quidlit1598 quibibble1606 punctual1610 quidlibet1611 catasophistrya1614 quibbling1633 Scotism1645 quibble1650 thingum1672 quoddity1682 scruple1713 baffle1783 nit1982 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. H.j That Logike leape, not ouer euery stile..With curious Quids, to maintain argument. 2. That which a thing is. Cf. quiddity n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] pitheOE i-cundeeOE roota1325 substancec1330 juicec1380 marrowa1382 formc1385 acta1398 quidditya1398 substantial forma1398 inward1398 savourc1400 inwardc1450 allaya1456 essencya1475 being1521 bottom1531 spirit?1534 summary1548 ecceity1549 core1556 flower1568 formality1570 sum and substance1572 alloy1594 soul1598 inwardness1605 quid1606 fibre1607 selfness1611 whatness1611 essentialityc1616 propera1626 the whole shot1628 substantiala1631 esse1642 entity1643 virtuality1646 ingeny1647 quoddity1647 intimacy1648 ens1649 inbeing1661 essence1667 interiority1701 intrinsic1716 stamen1758 character1761 quidditas1782 hyparxis1792 rasa1800 bone1829 what1861 isness1865 inscape1868 as-suchness1909 Wesen1959 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii My age Hath seene the beings and the quide of things. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley v. sig. H3 A widdow that has knowne the quid of things. 1675 H. Croft Naked Truth 25 The quid, the quale, the quantum, and such-like quack-salving forms. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Hence we have two kinds of Quids; Nominal..and Real. a1763 J. Byrom Poems (1894–5) I. i. 569 In Truths that Nobody can miss, It is the Quid that makes the Quis; In such as lie more deeply hid, It is the Quis that makes the Quid. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 270 When I do not know the ‘quid’ of anything how can I know the ‘quale’? 1918 Science 4 Oct. 343/2 The quid of the matter is found..in the fact that in the table..these authors have chosen to use three ‘identifiable’ forces. 1968 Speculum 43 307 [Grosseteste] distinguishes optics from physics, for, he says, physics provides the quid of the rainbow but optics provides the propter quid. 1994 Diacritics 24 59 Lacan's Thing emerges as the pure ‘this’ of the object without properties—a quod without any quid. 3. In conjunction with quo: an action performed or thing given in return for something else, or in expectation of some return. Cf. quid pro quo phr. 2.Earliest in quid for quo. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] gain-giving1489 retaliation1546 reciprocation1561 counterchange1586 return1591 paying back1598 revying1610 gratuity1614 quida1616 retreat?1615 retortion1636 retortment1649 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 65 I cry you mercy, 'tis but Quid for Quo . View more context for this quotation 1664 Duchess of Newcastle CCXI Sociable Lett. c. 199 At least it is but quid for quo, as to Revenge an Injury, but nothing but a Treacherous Nature can make or Hinder them from doing a Service for a Friend. 1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iii. 37 If he had only said it behind your back, why 'twere but quid for quo; it would have pass'd; but to your face—Oh monstrous! 1828 J. Neal Rachel Dyer viii. 97 ‘To a man o' the law—everything—all cases are alike, Sir—hey—provided—a—a—’ ‘Provided what, Sir?’ ‘Where the quid is the same.’ ‘The quid?’ ‘The quid pro quo—’. 1860 J. H. Ingraham Sunny South iv. 38 All things being equal—that is, the quid being equal to the quo as my brother used to say. 1939 S. de Madariaga Christopher Columbus xii. 136 The contractual sense, that attitude which sees every event of life as a transaction and expects and demands a definite quid for every quo. 1961 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 12 She could well take all and give nothing in return, pocket the quos as well as the quids. 1997 Nation 21 July 21/2 The quo for this huge quid was that religion would stay out of politics. 4. U.S. Politics. Usually with capital initial. Any of several factions of the Democratic-Republican Party in the years 1804–12, who regarded themselves as upholding traditional Republican values and often allied themselves with the Federalist Party. Now historical. ΚΠ 1804 Sprig of Liberty (Gettysburg, Pa.) 25 Oct. In the county of York, the federalists and quids in conjunction had a majority of 181 in favour of Mr. Kelly, which added to the federal majority in Adams, gives them a majority of 494. 1882 H. Adams John Randolph (1884) 182 He belonged to the third party, the quiddists or quids, being that tertium quid..which had no name, but was really an anti-Madison movement. 1920 Collier's 14 Feb. 18/2 The acrid Randolph..is the only person that history identifies conspicuously with the ‘Quids’. 1963 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 50 255 ‘Quid’, a term generally applied reproachfully by political rivals, was rarely used in self-designation. 2005 M. R. Kelly Olmsted Case iii. 62 The Quids became the Society of Constitutional Republicans, but their opponents continued to call them the ‘Quids’, a name they did not seem to mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quidn.² Brit. /kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/, Australian English /kwɪd/, New Zealand English /kwɪd/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, quids. Forms: 1600s quidd, 1600s– quid. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quid. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < classical Latin quid what (see quid n.¹), reinterpreted within English to refer to (monetary) means or wherewithal.It has also been suggested that this is the same word as quid n.³, but that is first attested later. It has been suggested that the following shows an earlier example, but this seems unlikely:?a1558 in Kent Rec. (Kent Archaeol. Soc.) (1999) 3 ii. 91 Item resayved (?)for vj bs. of loges pris x quid the lode. colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand). 1. a. Originally: a sovereign; a guinea. Later: one pound sterling; (formerly also) one Australian pound.Now usually with unchanged plural following a cardinal numeral: cf. etymological note at pound n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > a pound li.c1450 quid1661 strike1680 note1775 scrieve1821 nicker1871 saucepan lid1896 bar1911 berry1918 smacker1920 thick 'un1968 sob1970 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings goldfinch1602 Harry sovereign1615 piece1631 jingle-boya1640 yellow boy1654 quid1661 marigold1663 broad-piece1678 pound piecea1715 gold penny1736 sovereign1817 dragon1827 sov1829 chip?1836 couter1846 thick 'un1848 monarch1851 James1858 skiv1858 Victoria1870 goblin1887 red one1890 Jimmy1899 quidlet1902 Jimmy O'Goblin1931 pound coin1931 1661 ‘P. Aretine’ Strange Newes from Bartholomew-Fair 5 The fool lost his purse, but how he knew not; for the reckoning being suddainly brought in, his Quids were vanisht. 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia iii. i. 42 Let me Equip you with a Quid. 1763 Blessings of P**, & Sc. Excise 23 I'm to have two quids; and little enough too. 1796 Mod. Gulliver 165 The twenty last are worth full forty quid. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. xiii. 166 One quid, two coach wheels. 1883 W. Besant All in Garden Fair ii. x It isn't two quid a week that will keep a young gentleman of your powers. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. in John Bull's Other Island 241 I ad two quid saved agen the frost; an Ive a pahnd of it left. 1929 W. P. Ridge Affect. Regards 71 Milton received only ten quid for the first edition of ‘Paradise Lost’. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 74 I was thinking of moving on a bit but there are still enough here to make a few quid. 1993 Classic CD Oct. 66/3 No-one is going to shell out 40 quid for them. b. quids in: in luck or profit; well off for money. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off well at easec1330 of substance?a1439 at rack and (at) mangera1500 in good case1560 well to live1568 well and warmc1571 well to pass in the worlda1609 inlaid1699 in easy circumstancesa1704 well to do in the world1805 stouth and routh1816 quids in1919 the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in or with good luck arse upwardsc1600 in luck1752 on the tinny luck1918 quids in1919 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/2 Quid's in, for a stroke of good fortune. 1928 ‘N. Shute’ So Disdained v. 206 Then when they come I'll be quids in, anyway enough to get my fingers on the plates with any luck. 1969 J. N. Chance Abel Coincidence x. 187 If you know about people and they know nothing about you, you're quids in at the starting grid. 1994 Chat 5 Feb. 24/2 Three lucky Chat readers will find themselves quids in with this great cash competition. Categories » c. the full quid at full adj., n.², and adv. Phrases 1f. 2. As a mass noun: money, cash. Usually in plural (with singular agreement). rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Quidds, money. 1797 T. B. Pettyfogger Dramatized i. i. 19 Bring any with you who has the quids: you know I keep open house of Sundays. 1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. (at cited word) Quids, cash. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 679/2 Quids, money, or rather cash, in general. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). quidn.³ Brit. /kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cud n. Etymology: Originally a variant of cud n., now distinguished in form in the senses below. 1. A small lump of something (esp. tobacco) for chewing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick > small piece cut from cudeOE quid1720 chew1725 chaw1772 fid1793 fig1838 plug1843 1720 C. Shadwell Sham Prince in Five New Plays iv. 174 They appear very Fine, and very Gallant; but they never pay their Debts, and will pawn their Honour for a Quid of Tobacco. 1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands iii. 27 Beetle-nut and Chinam, of which they had always a quid in their mouths. 1805 W. Hunter in Naval Chron. 13 35 I chewed my Quid of bitterness. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 141 His mind was..revolving the problem of existence like a quid of gum. 1914 Z. Grey Rustlers of Pecos County x. 168 Morton..produced knife and tobacco and cut himself a huge quid. 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War iii. 112 I generally chew a quid of tobacco while we are going into action. 2000 J. Mann Murder, Magic, & Med. (rev. ed.) iii. 74 The termcocada is a measure of the time during which a quid of coca leaves will sustain the consumer. 2. English regional in later use. A cast or pellet (pellet n.¹ 2b) regurgitated by a bird of prey. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > cast casting1388 pellet1802 quid1834 cast1864 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of > digestive organs of gleeta1340 gorgec1450 panela1475 glut1611 quid1834 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 141 Mice are preferred to birds, the feathers being more untractable than the fur, both in swallowing, and in casting pellets or quids. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Owlerd Them owls..sin a mouze..an' ketchen 'im..an' chawen 'im..'an crushen 'im, an' sooken 'im till theer inna nuthin' left on 'im, an' then they droppen the quid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † quidv.¹ Forms: Old English cweddian (rare), Old English cwidde (past tense), Old English cwiddian, Old English cwyddian, late Old English cwydde (past tense), late Old English cwydian, early Middle English cwidde, early Middle English quidde, early Middle English quiddie. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quide n. Etymology: < quide n. Compare Old Icelandic kviðja to forbid.In Old English the prefixed forms becwiddian to bespeak, to deposit (a pledge) (compare be- prefix), wiþercwiddian to murmur (compare wither- prefix) are also found. Obsolete. transitive. To say, declare. Also intransitive: to speak. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxvi. 389 Sume menn cwyddiað þæt ðu sy Iohannes se fulluhtere, sume secgað ðæt þu sy helias sume hieremias oððe an ðæra witegena. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiv. 226 Crist hi befran, hu men cwyddodon be him. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6996 Iesucrist wass..Þatt illke. off whamm profetess. Haffdenn..cwiddedd ær. a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 271 As te hali prophete dauid cwiddes, ‘drihtines is te eorðe’. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4899 Bi-þenc þu a þine quides þe þu sulf quiddest. a1300 Woman of Samaria l. 55 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 85 (MED) Nv quiddeþ men þat cumen is Messyas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). quidv.² Brit. /kwɪd/, U.S. /kwɪd/ Forms: 1700s– quid, 1800s– queedy (English regional (Somerset)). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quid n.³ Etymology: < quid n.³ Compare earlier cud v. Now rare. 1. intransitive. To chew tobacco; (also, of an animal) to chew the cud; to chew over food. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > action of chewing tobacco > chew tobacco [verb (intransitive)] quid1759 1759 Poet. Descr. Hogarth's Election Prints iii. 17 Can drink, and crack a bawdy Joke, And still can quid, as well as smoke. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Quid, to chew tobacco. 1893 Surrey Gloss. Quidding, chewing the cud. ‘The heifer's getting better, she's quidding all right’. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 57 [The horse] thoughtfully quidding over a mouthful of grass. 1927 D. McCord in S. Brown Ess. Our Times (1928) 280 The Southport..shot across our bow without a murmur, while its captain gazed down upon us and quidded placidly to the sea. 2. transitive. Of a horse: to let (food) drop from the mouth when half chewed, esp. as a symptom of tooth decay. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > eat or drop food crumpa1825 quid1831 1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 189 The membranes of the nostril and the throat are inflamed and tender, and therefore the food is ‘quidded’. 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xii. 258 The horse quids his hay, and gulps his water. 1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii. 761/3 Quid, to drop food from the mouth when partly masticated. (Said of horses). 2004 Racing Post (Nexis) 10 Aug. 11 If a horse's teeth aren't right, he'll be quidding—dropping food out of his mouth—and swallowing when it hasn't been properly chewed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1576n.²1661n.³1720v.¹OEv.²1759
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