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Quisquous

Postby William Hupy » Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:17 am

This word is possibly from Latin. It means difficult to deal with. How it came into being is not quite certain.
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Re: Quisquous

Postby Grogie » Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:46 am

Nice word William. Thank you.

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Re: Quisquous

Postby William Hupy » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:07 pm

You are welcome. The credit is due my girlfriend who suggested it, but stubbornly refuses to reveal her source. I may be forced to wine and dine her to satisfy my curiosity.
Coming from the mysterious and famous Grogie, I take your compliment with all due respect.
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Re: Quisquous

Postby Perry Lassiter » Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:38 pm

Can someone use it in a sentence for me?
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Re: Quisquous

Postby Audiendus » Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:33 pm

This word is possibly from Latin. It means difficult to deal with. How it came into being is not quite certain.
It seems to be an archaic Scottish word, probably from Latin quisquis, 'whoever' or 'whatsoever', hence 'uncertain', 'perplexing', or 'doubtful'. A person of 'doubtful' character is one who is difficult to deal with.

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/quisquous

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Re: Quisquous

Postby eberntson » Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:54 pm

I spoke with a Gaelic and Scottish Lit Prof and this was his response:
Likely Scots (i.e. Anglo-Scots, the vernacular of English). There is no Q in Gàidhlig, a different language than English.
My layman opinion is it's more likely French, they love their Q's.
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Re: Quisquous

Postby Perry Lassiter » Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:42 pm

All Scrabble and Words with Friends players love Q's.

I'm still leary of trying a sentence. Could someone try an example?
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Re: Quisquous

Postby Slava » Thu May 12, 2016 10:14 am

In the current US Presidential election period, Mr. Trump, aka "The Donald," is the most quisquous of the candidates.

Does that work?

Here's another shot:

The recent onset of the Zika virus is proving quisquous for the governments involved.

I'm not really sure, as there aren't any out there that I found, so these are just stabs at a quisquous word.
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