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quisqouse

quisqouse is the alternative spelling of quisquous.

Meaning of quisquous

Adjective

quisquous (comparative more quisquous, superlative most quisquous)

  1. (Scotland, rare) Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess.
    • Besides, the truths delivered by ministers in the fields upon quisquous subjects, with no small caution by some, and pretty safely, were heard and taken up by the hearers, according to their humours and opinions, many times far different from, and altogether without the cautions given by the...1830, rev. Robert Wodrow, rev. Robert Burns, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution, Tom 2

Forms of quisqouse

comparativemore quisqouse
superlativemost quisqouse

Questions about quisqouse

What is quisqouse the alternative spelling of?
Quisqouse is the alternative spelling of quisquous.

Words near quisqouse in the dictionary

  1. quisms
  2. Quispamsis
  3. Quispe
  4. Quispes
  5. quispina
  6. quisqouse
  7. quisqualate
  8. quisqualates
  9. quisqualic acid
  10. quisqueite
  11. quisquilian

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