quim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The female genitalia; the vulva.
  2. An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person.
adj
  1. Affectedly nice, prim.
  2. Moving with ease and precision.

Pronunciation

/kwɪm/ [kʰw̥ɪm] en-uk-quim.ogg

Word forms

quim quims more quim most quim

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queme. The English Dialect Dictionary has a citation of "quim and cosh" from 1723 which it glosses as "intimate and familiar". Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm (“hollow”) is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".

Synonyms

Related words

queem
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