English Explanatory Dictionary

quisby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wretch; an idle person.
adj
  1. Mean; destitute; strange.
  2. In difficult circumstances; in trouble.
  3. Drunk; tipsy.

Word forms

quisby quisbies more quisby most quisby

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps quiz + -by, or from queer or Queer Street (“difficult circumstances”).

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