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quisquis

quisquis pronoun: whoever, whosoever.

Pronoun

quisquis

  1. (Scotland, rare) Whoever, whosoever.

Adjective

quisquis (comparative more quisquis, superlative most quisquis)

  1. (Scotland, rare) Synonym of quisquous.
    • 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.1909, William Macgill, “Topography and Local History”, in Old Ross-Shire and Scotland, As Seen in the Tain and Balnagown Documents
    Synonyms:
    quisquous

Synonyms of quisquis

Forms of quisquis

Pronoun
alternative formquis-quis
Adjective
comparativemore quisquis
superlativemost quisquis

Origin of quisquis

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

Questions about quisquis

What does quisquis mean?
Quisquis means whoever, whosoever.
What part of speech is quisquis?
Quisquis can be a pronoun or an adjective.

Words near quisquis in the dictionary

  1. quisqualates
  2. quisqualic acid
  3. quisqueite
  4. quisquilian
  5. quisquilious
  6. quisquis
  7. quisquose
  8. quisquous
  9. quisse
  10. quisser
  11. quissers

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