cuistre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French questre, subjective case of cuistron, coistron (“kitchen boy or vile person”), inherited from Late Latin *coquistrō, related to coquō (“to cook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɥistʁ/

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Noun

cuistre m (plural cuistres)

1. (derogatory) prig, uneducated pedant

   Synonym: pédant

Further reading

• “cuistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.