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kwaai, a. S. Afr.
Brit. |kwʌɪ|, U.S. |kwaɪ|, S. Afr. |kwaɪ|
Forms: α. 18 kwaad, 19– kwaat; β. 18– kwai, 19– kwaai, 19– kwi, 19– quaai
[‹ South African Dutch kwaad, Afrikaans kwaai bad, evil (Dutch kwaad: see quede adj.).]
1. Bad-tempered, angry; aggressive, fierce. Also in extended use.
1827G. Thompson Trav. I. 129 The lions on the opposite side were more kwaad (angry or fierce) than those where we now were. 1852C. Barter Dorp & Veld 57 The Boers meanwhile smiled and said that Mr.—— was a kwaad (angry) man. 1900B. Mitford Aletta 29 ‘Now we have made him kwaat,’ said Andrina. ‘See now, I'll get him to laugh again.’.. ‘That has made him more kwaat than ever,’ whispered Condaas. 1955L. G. Green Karoo 127 It takes courage of a high order to break the neck of a kwaai ostrich as a coloured mother did. 1987Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 26 Aug. 2 The ‘kwaai’ months—August, September and October, when the weather at sea is rough and catches are poor.
2. slang. Excellent, great, fantastic; ‘cool’.
1974Eng. Usage in Southern Afr. 5 6 Kwaai, a general term of approval, retaining only the force of ‘kwaai’ not the meaning—denotes anything from ‘good’ to ‘beautiful’..a kwaai movie. She's a kwaii goose. 1980E. Patel They came at Dawn 9 The music is kwaai but nobody wants to d-a-n-c-e. 1981St. Martin's Chron. 3 June Kwi,..extremely good, marvellous—‘a kwi hamburger’. 2006Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Arts, Culture & Entertainm. section) 13 Have a look at the kwaai menu, place your order and get comfortable. |