quis-quis

See also: quisquis

English

Pronoun

quis-quis

  1. Alternative spelling of quisquis
    • 1899, James B. Montgomerie-Fleming, Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary‎:
      (…) but is there not also a Scotch word, “quis-quis” (the same in Latin), whoever, whosoever?

Adjective

quis-quis (comparative more quis-quis, superlative most quis-quis)

  1. Alternative spelling of quisquis
    • 1899, James B. Montgomerie-Fleming, Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary‎:
      Strangers arriving in a place and being considered of doubtful character are spoken of as “Very quis-quis sort of people,” meaning, “Whoever, or Whosoever, they may be, we don't know and can't find out.”

References
  • J[ames] B[rown] Montgomerie-Fleming (1899) “QUISQUOUS, iii. 593.”, in Desultory Notes on Jamieson’s Scottish Dictionary, Glasgow, Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, pages 121–122
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