different between quate vs quat
quate
English
Adjective
quate (comparative more quate, superlative most quate)
- (Scotland) quiet
Latin
Verb
quate
- second-person singular present active imperative of quati?
Norman
Alternative forms
- quat' (Jersey)
- quatre (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French quatre, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.
Numeral
quate
- (France) four
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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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