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queth

queth noun: speech, talk.

Noun

queth (plural queths)

  1. (obsolete) Speech, talk.
  2. (obsolete) Statement, saying, proverb.
  3. (obsolete) The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt; quest.
  4. (obsolete) A corsepresent, mortuary.

Forms of queth

pluralqueths

Origin of queth

From Middle English cweth, queth, queye (mistake), related to the verb quethe and bequeath, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”).

Questions about queth

What does queth mean?
Queth means speech, talk.
What part of speech is queth?
Queth is a noun.
What is the plural of queth?
The plural of queth is queths.

Words near queth in the dictionary

  1. Quetelet
  2. Quetelet index
  3. Quetelet's index
  4. Queteleta
  5. quetenite
  6. queth
  7. quetiapine
  8. quetsch
  9. quetsches
  10. Quetta
  11. Quetta Division

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