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English
Pronoun
quis-quis
- Alternative spelling of quisquis
1899, James B. Montgomerie-Fleming, Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary:(…) but is there not also a Scotch word, “quis-quis” (the same in Latin), whoever, whosoever?
Adjective
quis-quis (comparative more quis-quis, superlative most quis-quis)
- Alternative spelling of quisquis
1899, James B. Montgomerie-Fleming, Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary:Strangers arriving in a place and being considered of doubtful character are spoken of as “Very quis-quis sort of people,” meaning, “Whoever, or Whosoever, they may be, we don't know and can't find out.”
References
- J B Montgomerie-Fleming (1899) “QUISQUOUS, iii. 593.”, in Desultory Notes on Jamieson’s Scottish Dictionary, Glasgow, Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, pages 121–122