queem

English

Alternative forms

• queme

Etymology

From Middle English quemen "to please" from Old English cwēman "to gratify, satisfy, please" from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, be convenient, suit”), from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Compare obsolete Swedish kväma, Danish kvemme. Related to come.

Verb

queem (third-person singular simple present queems, present participle queeming, simple past and past participle queemed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be pleasing (to someone or something).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy; to assuage.

Noun

queem (plural queems)

1. (obsolete) Pleasure.

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: ['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.