cuistre
French
Etymology
From Old French questre, subjective case of cuistron, coistron, inherited from Late Latin *coquistrō, related to coquō (“to cook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɥistʁ/
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Noun
cuistre m (plural cuistres)
- (derogatory) prig, pedant
- Synonym: pédant
- (derogatory) yokel, bumpkin
- Synonyms: rustre, paysan
Further reading
- “cuistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.