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cuistre.

prig, uneducated pedant

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɥistʁ/
  1. prig, uneducated pedant

    derogatory · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French questre, subjective case of cuistron, coistron (“kitchen boy or vile person”), inherited from Late Latin *coquistrō, related to coquō (“to cook”).

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