Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quisquous

/ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quisquous
IPA: /ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/

27

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess.

Example Sentences

"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 preacher, which either could not, or were not understood by them."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quisquis, quis

Inflected Forms

more quisquous (comparative) most quisquous (superlative) quiscos (alternative) quiscus (alternative) quisqouse (alternative) quisquose (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

quiscoskos quisquis

Synonyms

mysterious perplexing puzzling dubious doubtful debatable quisquis quiscoskos

Antonyms

clear familiar indubious

Questions

How do you pronounce quisquous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɪsk(w)əs/.
What does quisquous mean?: Hard to deal with; dubious; of people: having a character difficult to assess.
Where does quisquous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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