Define:Queem

English

Alternative forms

• queme

Etymology

From Middle Inglis

quemen

"to please" from Old English

cwēman

"to gratify, satisfy, please" from Template:Proto, from Template:Proto, from Template:Proto. Compare obsolete Swedish

kväma

, Danish

kvemme

. Related to come.

Verb

Queem (third-person singular simple present Queems, present participle Queeming, simple past an past participle Queemed)

1. Template:Intransitive To be pleasing (to someone or something).
2. Template:Transitive To satisfy; to assuage.

Noun

Queem (plural Queems)

1. Template:Obsolete Pleasure.

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Scots

Pronunciation

• ['kwim]

Adjective

Queem

1. close-fitting or well-fitting, snug

Adverb

Queem

1. exactly, neatly, snugly
2. smoothly, pleasantly, without snags or hitches

Verb

Queem

1. to fit snugly, fall into place, coincide with
2. to make something fit, fall into place.