- English, ****
appeared with many spellings, such as coynte, ****e and
queynte,
which did not
always reflect the
actual pronunciation of the word. The...
- and
appeared in
street names, surnames, and
medical texts (Chaucer used "
queynte" in The
Canterbury Tales). However, in the
modern period, the word became...
- her use of the word "
queynte" (modern
spelling "quaint") to
describe domestic duties while also
alluding to
genitalia ("
queynte"
being at the time an...
- trip to a
nearby town.
While he is gone,
Nicholas grabs Alisoun "by the
queynte". When she
threatens to cry for help, he
begins to cry and,
after a few...
- the Wife tell one of her husbands: Is it for ye
wolde have my
queynte allone? "
queynte" = a nice thing, cf.
Latin quoniam, with
obvious connotation of...
- Miller's Tale",
Geoffrey Chaucer writes "And
prively he
caughte hire by the
queynte" (and
intimately he
caught her by her crotch), and the
comedy Philotus...
- Benson,
Larry Dean. (1995) - In: Benson,
Contradictions p. 1-14 29. The '
Queynte'
Punnings of Chaucer's
Critics Benson,
Larry Dean. (1995) - In: Benson...
