Quiscoskos

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of quisquous. Scotland, rare

    "Mr Ettles having gone away, I then sent the lad to ask the landlord; jalousing that his house, for an inns, being a sober sojourn, and the leddies maybe a wee quiscoskos in character, might be the reason of the prohibition."

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quisquous

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"Mr Ettles having gone away, I then sent the lad to ask the landlord; jalousing that his house, for an inns, being a sober sojourn, and the leddies maybe a wee quiscoskos in character, might be the reason of the prohibition."

Etymology

Shared with quisquous and quisquis; from Latin quisquis (“whosoever”) or by reduplication of Latin quis (“of what kind”).

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