Queme
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To please, to satisfy. obsolete
"Of body she was right avenant, Of fair colour, with sweet semblant. Her attire full well it seem'd, Marvellich the king she quemed."
Example
More examples"Of body she was right avenant, Of fair colour, with sweet semblant. Her attire full well it seem'd, Marvellich the king she quemed."
Etymology
From Middle English quemen (“to please”), from Old English cwēman (“to gratify, satisfy, please”) (compare cwēme (“pleasant, agreeable, acceptable”) and cwēmnes (“pleasure, satisfaction, mitigation”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmijan, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, be convenient, suit”), from *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Compare obsolete Swedish kväma, Danish kvemme. Related to Old English cuman (“to come”), English come. Compare also quim.
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