queme

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queme

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From Middle English quemen (“to please”), from Old English cwēman (“to gratify, satisfy, please”) (compare cwēme (“pleasant, agreeable, acceptable”) and cwēmnes (“pleasure, satisfaction, mitigation”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmijan, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, be convenient, suit”), from *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Compare obsolete Swedish kväma, Danish kvemme. Related to Old English cuman (“to come”), English come. Compare also quim.

verb quemes · queming · quemed

  1. obsolete To please, to satisfy. Of body she was right avenant, Of fair colour, with sweet semblant. Her attire full well it seem'd, Marvellich the king she quemed.

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@misc{queme_2026,
  title = {queme},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/queme},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}