Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quist

/kwˈɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: quist
IPA: /kwˈɪst/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.

British usage

name

Example Sentences

"It got me thinking about other names we used to call things when we were younger that for some reason as I got older we stopped doing.¶ For example the common woody was a quist, and the sparrow that we so used to love hunting on the summer hedgerows, once the wheat had been cut, were "spugs or spuggies""

Etymology

From Middle English quiste, quyste, quyshte, variants of Middle English couschot, cowschote, cowscott, from Old English cūsċeote (“wood pigeon, ringdove”). Doublet of cushat.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: quiste, cūsċeote

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

quists (plural)

Phrases

Adrian Quist

Rhymes With

list missed exist assist pissed twist resist dismissed insist wrist kissed consist

Questions

How do you pronounce quist?: The recorded pronunciation is /kwˈɪst/.
What does quist mean?: The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
Where does quist come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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