queynte
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) cwointe, cuinte, cwuinte
- quoynte, queinte, quaynt, quaynte, quoynt, queint, coynte, queynt, qwaynte, quaint
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman cointe, from Latin cognitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwɛi̯nt(ə)/, /ˈkwɔi̯nt(ə)/, /ˈkɔi̯nt(ə)/, /ˈkwui̯nt(ə)/
Adjective
queynte (comparative queynter, superlative queyntest)
- intelligent, smart, well-thought, sagacious, judicious
- adept, competent, well-taught
- deceptive, cunning, tricky
- renowned, notable, recognisable
- sophisticated, complicated, detailed
- polite, kind, of good manners.
- stylish, trendy, beautiful, attractive
- wonderful, amazing, extraordinary
- bizarre, odd, weird
- esoteric, unknown, unfamiliar
- Related to witchcraft or the paranormal
- boastful, prideful
Descendants
References
- “queint(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.
Noun
queynte
- vulva
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wife of Bath's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales:
- And trewely, as myne housbondes tolde me, / I hadde þe beste queynte þat myghte be.
[And truly, as my husbands told me / I had the best cunt that might be.]