kwaai
/kwʌɪ/South African
adjective
1Bad-tempered, angry; aggressive, fierce.
2 Slang. Excellent, great, fantastic; ‘cool’.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in George Thompson (1796–1889). From South African Dutch kwaad, Afrikaans kwaai bad, evil.
- valuate
- valuation
- valuation date
- valuation day
- valuative
- valuator
- value
- value added
- value-added network
- value added tax
- value-adding
- value analysis
- value analyst
- value calling
- value chain
- valued
- valued policy
- value engineering
- value for money
- value-free
- value freedom
- value judgement
- value-laden
- value-ladenness
- valueless