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quat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
quat (plural quats)
- (obsolete) A pustule.
- (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.
Verb
quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To satiate.
- 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28,
- Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ?tart me, that I may come the ?ooner to quatting——Hu?h ! here?s Si?ter ; what the deuce brought her !
- 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28,
- (Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.
- Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
- (Wales and Southwest England, dialectal, intransitive) To squat or crouch down.
Adjective
quat (not comparable)
- (Scotland, dialectal, with "of") Free; no longer involved with; quit.
Etymology 2
Clipping of quaternary.
Noun
quat (plural quats)
- (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.
Adjective
quat (not comparable)
- Quaternary.
Etymology 3
See khat.
Noun
quat (countable and uncountable, plural quats)
- Alternative spelling of khat.
Middle English
Adjective
quat
- Alternative form of wothe
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kw?d?, whence also Old English cw?ad.
Noun
qu?t m
- mud
- dirt
Descendants
- German: Kot
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quag
English
Etymology
Alteration of Middle English quabbe (“a marsh, bog”), from Old English cwabba (“that which shakes or trembles, something soft and flabby”). Cognate with Dutch kwab (“fleshy lobe”).
Noun
quag (plural quags)
- (obsolete) quagmire; marsh; bog.
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