quies
/kwʌɪs/(also quash, quiess, quois) Services' slang
adjective
Good; fine, satisfactory. Also as interjection Compare quaiss kitir. Now rare.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Walter Downing (1893–1965). From colloquial Arabic (mainly Egyptian) kuwáyyis nice, fine, diminutive of Arabic kayyis fine.
- gold of pleasure
- gold panner
- gold pass
- gold plate
- gold-plated
- gold record
- gold reserve
- gold rush
- Goldsboro
- Goldschmidt, Victor Moritz
- goldsmith
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- gold standard
- gold star
- Gold Stick
- goldstone
- gold thread
- goldwasser
- Goldwater, Barry Morris
- goldwork
- goldworking
- Goldwyn, Samuel
- go legit
- golem
- golf