queem

English edit

Wiktionary does not have any English dictionary entry for this term. This is most likely because this term does not meet our criteria for inclusion (yet).

Some information about this term is available in the entry queme.

You can help us collect durably archived uses of this word at Citations:queem.

If this term meets our criteria for inclusion, please create an entry for it or request that it be created.

Scots edit

Alternative forms edit

quim, queme

Etymology edit

From Middle English queme, from Old English cwēme, ġecwēme (“pleasant, pleasing, acceptable, fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmī, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaz (“convenient, appropriate, pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come, go”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈkwim]

Adjective edit

queem

pleasant, calm, smooth
close-fitting or well-fitting, snug

Adverb edit

queem

exactly, neatly, snugly
smoothly, pleasantly, without snags or hitches

Verb edit

queem

to fit snugly, fall into place, coincide with
to make something fit, fall into place.