Quisquis

adj, pron

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of quisquous. Scotland, rare

    "A drastic method this last to make sere of a full meeting and no shirkers of a “quisquis” business—evidently meaning a delicate and difficult one; a rare expression not found elsewhere in these papers."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Whoever, whosoever. Scotland, rare

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quisquous

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"A drastic method this last to make sere of a full meeting and no shirkers of a “quisquis” business—evidently meaning a delicate and difficult one; a rare expression not found elsewhere in these papers."

Etymology

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

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