quis
/kwɪs/ /kwɪz/School slang
pronoun
Asked by a person giving away a particular object: ‘who wants this?’.
- The first person to reply ‘ego’ receives the object..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Edith Nesbit (1858–1924), writer. From classical Latin quis (interrogative pronoun) who?.
- Burma Road
- Burmese
- Burmese cat
- burn
- burnable
- burn a hole in someone's pocket
- burn (also lay) rubber
- burned
- Burne-Jones, Sir Edward
- burner
- burner phone
- burnet
- burnet rose
- burnet saxifrage
- Burnett, Carol
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Burney, Fanny
- burn-in
- burning
- burning bush
- burning ghat
- burning glass
- burningly
- burnish
- burnished brass