English

eedit

Alternative forms

eedit

Etymology

eedit

From Middle Inglis

quemen

"to please" from Old English

cwēman

"to gratify, satisfy, please" from Template:Proto, from Template:Proto, from Template:Proto. Compare obsolete Swedish

kväma

, Danish

kvemme

. Related to come.

Queem (third-person singular simple present Queems, present participle Queeming, simple past an past participle Queemed)

  1. Template:Intransitive To be pleasing (to someone or something).
  2. Template:Transitive To satisfy; to assuage.

Queem (plural Queems)

  1. Template:Obsolete Pleasure.

Scots

eedit

Pronunciation

eedit
  • ['kwim]

Adjective

eedit

Queem

  1. close-fitting or well-fitting, snug

Adverb

eedit

Queem

  1. exactly, neatly, snugly
  2. smoothly, pleasantly, without snags or hitches

Queem

  1. to fit snugly, fall into place, coincide with
  2. to make something fit, fall into place.