cestui

English

Noun

cestui (plural cestuis)

  1. Alternative form of cestuy

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

cestuī

  1. dative singular of cestus

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ecce istūi, (genitive-)dative masculine singular of *ecce iste, from Latin ecce + istī, influenced by cui (“to whom”). Compare Romanian acestui, Italian costui.

Pronoun

cestui

  1. the person in question
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