English Explanatory Dictionary

quist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

quist quists

Etymology

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

Derived words

Adrian Quist
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