Definitions For Quim

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queme. The English Dialect Dictionary has a citation of "quim and cosh" from 1723 which it glosses as "intimate and familiar". Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm, , hollow is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".

Pronunciation

/kwɪm/ {{rhymes, en, ɪm}} (audio stream unavailable)

Noun

QUIM (plural QUIMs) (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva. (vulgar, pejorative) A derogatory term (see cunt).

Translations

Esperanto: piĉo German: Fotze, f Japanese: マンコ, tr=manko Polish: pizda, f, cipa, f, cipsko, n

Etymology 2

Borrowed from {{bor, en, sco, queem}}. Compare {{cog, en, queem}}.

Adjective

{{en-adj, ?}} (Ulster) affectedly, affectedly nice, prim. (Ulster) Moving with ease and precision.

See also

queem