keck.
sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)
Meaning & usage
sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German këc, Upper German form of quëc, from Old High German quëc, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). The Central German form survives in Quecksilber and erquicken. From Low German stems the doublet quick (chiefly in quicklebendig). Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj).
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