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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kwaai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kwaai
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

bad-tempered, aggressive, fierce

adj

A term of approval, equivalent to great or fantastic; cool; excellent

Slang

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans kwaai, attributive form of kwaad, from Dutch kwaad.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: kwaai, kwaad

Usage

Inflected Forms

more kwaai (comparative) most kwaai (superlative)

Questions

What does kwaai mean?
bad-tempered, aggressive, fierce
Where does kwaai come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce kwaai

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