quaiss kitirint.

Brit.

/ˌkwʌɪs kᵻˈtɪə/, U.S.

/ˌkwaɪs kəˈtɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s quaiss kitir, 1900s– kwais ketir, 1900s– quaies kateah, 1900s– quash kateer Brit.

/kwʌʃ kᵻˈtɪə/, U.S.

/ˌkwɑʃ kəˈtɪ(ə)r/, 1900s– quies-kiteer, 1900s– quiess kateer, 1900s– quois-kateer Brit.

/kwɔɪs kᵻˈtɪə/, U.S.

/ˌkwɔɪs kəˈtɪ(ə)r/.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic kuwáyyis, kitīr, kaṯīr.

Etymology: < colloquial Arabic (mainly Egyptian) kuwáyyis nice, fine (see quies adj.) + kitīr very (variant of Arabic kaṯīr much). Compare quies adj.

Services' slang.

Very good! Very well! Cf. quies adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [interjection]

primea1637

à la bonne heure1750

shabash1843

all righty1877

fid1898

quaiss kitir1898

show1916

that's (also it's) the gear1925

swell1930

bakgat1969

solid1978

awesome1984

amazeballs2008

daebak2009

the mind > language > statement > assent > [interjection]

right1594

do1601

sure1651

all right1814

OK1839

ryebuck1859

yassuh1871

achcha1892

righto1893

same here1896

quaiss kitir1898

check1922

righty-ho1926

oke1929

okey-dokey1932

okey-doke1934

okle-dokle1947

cool1948

seen1973

aight1993

1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum ii. 13 When the recruit made a bull..the white sergeant, standing behind him with a paper, cried ‘Quaiss kitir’—‘Very good’.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 233 Quash, good; nice. An Arabic word (khwush) in use colloquially on Eastern Fronts. Quash kateer, very good.

1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 348 Qui-es-Kateer, how are you? Arabic. Very common with troops in Egypt or with Regulars that had been there.

1967 W. H. Canaway Mules of Borgo San Marco ix. 101 ‘They'll take us off to Germany and make us have nowt but sausages and beer.’ Sergeant Entwistle said, ‘Sausages and beer, kwais ketir, I wish I had some now instead of this muck.’

a1993 V. Scannell Coll. Poems (1993) 300 You might know Greek and Latin, But let me tell you, pal, Them's useless in Bombay or here Beside the Sweet Canal. Compree mon Kamerad?..quois-kateer San fairy ann, napoo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quaiss kitir
释义	quaiss kitirint. Brit. /ˌkwʌɪs kᵻˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌkwaɪs kəˈtɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s quaiss kitir, 1900s– kwais ketir, 1900s– quaies kateah, 1900s– quash kateer Brit. /kwʌʃ kᵻˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌkwɑʃ kəˈtɪ(ə)r/, 1900s– quies-kiteer, 1900s– quiess kateer, 1900s– quois-kateer Brit. /kwɔɪs kᵻˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌkwɔɪs kəˈtɪ(ə)r/. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Arabic kuwáyyis, kitīr, kaṯīr. Etymology: < colloquial Arabic (mainly Egyptian) kuwáyyis nice, fine (see quies adj.) + kitīr very (variant of Arabic kaṯīr much). Compare quies adj. Services' slang. Very good! Very well! Cf. quies adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [interjection] primea1637 à la bonne heure1750 shabash1843 all righty1877 fid1898 quaiss kitir1898 show1916 that's (also it's) the gear1925 swell1930 bakgat1969 solid1978 awesome1984 amazeballs2008 daebak2009 the mind > language > statement > assent > [interjection] right1594 do1601 sure1651 all right1814 OK1839 ryebuck1859 yassuh1871 achcha1892 righto1893 same here1896 quaiss kitir1898 check1922 righty-ho1926 oke1929 okey-dokey1932 okey-doke1934 okle-dokle1947 cool1948 seen1973 aight1993 1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum ii. 13 When the recruit made a bull..the white sergeant, standing behind him with a paper, cried ‘Quaiss kitir’—‘Very good’. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 233 Quash, good; nice. An Arabic word (khwush) in use colloquially on Eastern Fronts. Quash kateer, very good. 1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 348 Qui-es-Kateer, how are you? Arabic. Very common with troops in Egypt or with Regulars that had been there. 1967 W. H. Canaway Mules of Borgo San Marco ix. 101 ‘They'll take us off to Germany and make us have nowt but sausages and beer.’ Sergeant Entwistle said, ‘Sausages and beer, kwais ketir, I wish I had some now instead of this muck.’ a1993 V. Scannell Coll. Poems (1993) 300 You might know Greek and Latin, But let me tell you, pal, Them's useless in Bombay or here Beside the Sweet Canal. Compree mon Kamerad?..quois-kateer San fairy ann, napoo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1898
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