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kuis.

chaste, morally pure, clean, virgin

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/kœy̯s/
  1. chaste, morally pure, clean, virgin

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.

noun/kœy̯s/
  1. a cleansing, cleaning(-up)

    Belgium · masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cuusch (“chaste”), from Latin conscius (“conscious”), a compound of com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”). Cognate with English conscious, German keusch.

noun/kœy̯s/
  1. a (bovine) calf, notably under 9 months old

    feminine · regional
  2. a pig

    feminine · regional
Where this word comes from

Related to koe.

noun/kœy̯s/
  1. a (playing) marble

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Cf. German Low German Küsel.

noun/kœy̯s/
  1. club, knobstick

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cuse, related to Middle Low German kuse.

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