quisquousadj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/, Scottish English

/ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/

Forms: 1600s 1800s quisquis, 1700s quisquose, 1700s 1900s– quisquous, 1800s quiscos, 1800s quiscoskos, 1800s quiscous, 1800s– quiscus.

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

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < classical Latin quisquis whoever (see quaquaversal adj.), with subsequent alteration of the ending after adjectives in -ous suffix. With the form quisquose perhaps compare -ose suffix¹.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare.

Difficult to deal with or settle; perplexing; (of a person) of dubious character.

ΚΠ

1671–3 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 381 Finding the business to be sumquhat quisquis.

1712 R. Wodrow Corr. (1842) I. 327 In this quisquous time.

1720 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 485 Being biassed with his opinion in quisquose and difficult matters.

1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1829) II. ii. xiii. 499 The truths delivered by ministers..on quisquous subjects.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. ix. 76 Your conduct this day has been very quiscos.

1856 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 61 Mr. G. M——, a very unpopular and quis-quis character.

1899 J. B. Montgomerie-Fleming Desultory Notes on Jamieson 122 Strangers arriving in a place and being considered of doubtful character are spoken of as ‘Very quisquis sort of people’.

1995 Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Aug. 31/1 He wanted me to see a monograph he'd translated into English on some quisquous aspect of Swedish mythology.

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

单词	quisquous
释义	quisquousadj. Brit. /ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/, U.S. /ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/, Scottish English /ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/ Forms: 1600s 1800s quisquis, 1700s quisquose, 1700s 1900s– quisquous, 1800s quiscos, 1800s quiscoskos, 1800s quiscous, 1800s– quiscus. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quisquis. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < classical Latin quisquis whoever (see quaquaversal adj.), with subsequent alteration of the ending after adjectives in -ous suffix. With the form quisquose perhaps compare -ose suffix¹. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare. Difficult to deal with or settle; perplexing; (of a person) of dubious character. ΚΠ 1671–3 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 381 Finding the business to be sumquhat quisquis. 1712 R. Wodrow Corr. (1842) I. 327 In this quisquous time. 1720 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 485 Being biassed with his opinion in quisquose and difficult matters. 1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1829) II. ii. xiii. 499 The truths delivered by ministers..on quisquous subjects. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. ix. 76 Your conduct this day has been very quiscos. 1856 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 61 Mr. G. M——, a very unpopular and quis-quis character. 1899 J. B. Montgomerie-Fleming Desultory Notes on Jamieson 122 Strangers arriving in a place and being considered of doubtful character are spoken of as ‘Very quisquis sort of people’. 1995 Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Aug. 31/1 He wanted me to see a monograph he'd translated into English on some quisquous aspect of Swedish mythology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1671
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