queynte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) cwointe, cuinte, cwuinte
• quoynte, queinte, quaynt, quaynte, quoynt, queint, coynte, queynt, qwaynte, quaint

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cointe, from Latin cognitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛi̯nt(ə)/, /ˈkwɔi̯nt(ə)/, /ˈkɔi̯nt(ə)/, /ˈkwui̯nt(ə)/

Adjective

queynte (comparative queynter, superlative queyntest)

1. intelligent, smart, well-thought, sagacious, judicious
2. adept, competent, well-taught
3. deceptive, cunning, tricky
4. renowned, notable, recognisable
5. sophisticated, complicated, detailed
6. polite, kind, of good manners.
7. stylish, trendy, beautiful, attractive
8. wonderful, amazing, extraordinary
9. bizarre, odd, weird
10. esoteric, unknown, unfamiliar
11. Related to witchcraft or the paranormal
12. boastful, prideful

Descendants

• English: quaint
• Scots: quent (obsolete)

References

• “queint(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

Noun

queynte

1. vulva
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wife of Bath's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales:

     And trewely, as myne housbondes tolde me, / I hadde þe beste queynte þat myghte be.
     [And truly, as my husbands told me / I had the best cunt that might be.]