quispron.

Brit.

/kwɪs/,

/kwɪz/, U.S.

/kwɪs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin quis (interrogative pronoun) who? (see who pron.).

School slang.

Asked by a person giving away a particular object: ‘who wants this?’The first person to reply ‘ego’ (ego n. 2) receives the object.

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1899 E. Nesbit Story Treasure Seekers xi. 174 ‘Any one who likes can have the bottle. Quis?’ And Alice got out ‘Ego’ before the rest of us.

1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize vi. 111 ‘Quis for a catapult?’ he said heroically, and a chorus of ‘Ego’ answered him.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 22 While at the Prep. I fell into the way of using pater for father and came to know the schoolboy question quis for who wants? with the answer ego.

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. v. 281 Who wants it? Quis? Would you like it, Cara? No, of course you would not. Cordelia?

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren viii. 134 In private schools a child who wishes to dispose of something..calling out ‘Quis?’ and the boy or girl who first replies ‘Ego’ receives the object and may say (to the horror of the classicist) ‘I egoed it’.

1998 Scotsman (Nexis) 27 Feb. 15 Could anyone consider it normal to call out simple requests in Latin (Quis? Who wants this? Ego Me).

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

单词	quis
释义	quispron. Brit. /kwɪs/, /kwɪz/, U.S. /kwɪs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quis. Etymology: < classical Latin quis (interrogative pronoun) who? (see who pron.). School slang. Asked by a person giving away a particular object: ‘who wants this?’The first person to reply ‘ego’ (ego n. 2) receives the object. ΚΠ 1899 E. Nesbit Story Treasure Seekers xi. 174 ‘Any one who likes can have the bottle. Quis?’ And Alice got out ‘Ego’ before the rest of us. 1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize vi. 111 ‘Quis for a catapult?’ he said heroically, and a chorus of ‘Ego’ answered him. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 22 While at the Prep. I fell into the way of using pater for father and came to know the schoolboy question quis for who wants? with the answer ego. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. v. 281 Who wants it? Quis? Would you like it, Cara? No, of course you would not. Cordelia? 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren viii. 134 In private schools a child who wishes to dispose of something..calling out ‘Quis?’ and the boy or girl who first replies ‘Ego’ receives the object and may say (to the horror of the classicist) ‘I egoed it’. 1998 Scotsman (Nexis) 27 Feb. 15 Could anyone consider it normal to call out simple requests in Latin (Quis? Who wants this? Ego Me). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < pron.1899
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