quaintrelles
quaintrelles is the plural of quaintrelle.
Meaning of quaintrelle
Noun
quaintrelle (plural quaintrelles)
- A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
- It folweth nouht that thouh j be thus kembt and a litel make the queyntrelle that for swich cause j am fair[c. 1430, Guillaume de Deguileville, chapter XLVII, in [anonymous], transl., edited by William Aldis Wright, The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode. From the French (Cambridge University Library...
- Synonyms:
- dandizette, dandyess, dudelet
- Antonyms:
- barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood
Questions about quaintrelles
- What is quaintrelles the plural of?
- Quaintrelles is the plural of quaintrelle.
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