"quim" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more quim [comparative], most quim [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots queem. Compare English queem. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|queem}} Scots queem, {{cog|en|queem}} English queem Head templates: {{en-adj}} quim (comparative more quim, superlative most quim)
  1. (Ulster) Affectedly nice, prim. Tags: Ulster
    Sense id: en-quim-en-adj-A6krJIQz Categories (other): Ulster English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 30 4 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 22 5 23
  2. (Ulster) Moving with ease and precision. Tags: Ulster
    Sense id: en-quim-en-adj-3LdR6uYe Categories (other): Ulster English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: queem
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /kwɪm/ Audio: en-uk-quim.ogg [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: quims [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪm 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". Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|queme}} queme, {{m|en|quaint}} quaint, {{m|en|cunt}} cunt, {{m|cy|cwm||hollow}} cwm (“hollow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} quim (plural quims)
  1. (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva. Tags: slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Genitalia Translations ((vulgar, slang) female genitalia): píča [feminine] (Czech), piĉo (Esperanto), Fotze [feminine] (German), マンコ (manko) (Japanese), pizda [feminine] (Polish), cipa [feminine] (Polish), cipsko [neuter] (Polish), xota [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-quim-en-noun-93H45FxZ Disambiguation of Genitalia: 16 5 75 4 Disambiguation of '(vulgar, slang) female genitalia': 95 5
  2. (vulgar, derogatory, synecdochically) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person. Tags: derogatory, vulgar Synonyms: cunt
    Sense id: en-quim-en-noun-1bGYmDNv Categories (other): English synecdoches
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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