cuintise

Old French

Alternative forms

cointise (France)

Etymology

Noun

cuintise oblique singular, f (oblique plural cuintises, nominative singular cuintise, nominative plural cuintises) (Anglo-Norman)

skill; adeptness; ability
ruse; trickery; guile

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (cointise)

cointise on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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