queyntise

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cointise, queintise; by surface analysis, queynte (“elegant, intelligent, strange”) +‎ -ise.

• quaintise, queintise, queyntyse; quentise, quentyse (uncommon)
• coyntise, quantis, quantise, quantyce, quantys, quantyse, quayntys (Northern, Northeast Midland)
• coyntice, kointise, quoyntise, quoyntyse, qweyntise (Southern, West Midland); contyse, couintise, koyntyse, qwaintis, quontyse, quoyntis (Northwest Midland)
• quayntyse, queyntyz, qwaynttes, qweyntyes, qweyntyse (Late Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /kwæi̯nˈtiːz(ə)/, /kwɛnˈtiːz(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkwæi̯ntiz(ə)/, /ˈkwɛntiz(ə)/ (with stress shift)
• IPA^(key): /k(w)ui̯nˈtiːz(ə)/, /ˈk(w)ui̯ntiz(ə)/ (mostly Southern or West Midland)

queyntise (uncountable)

1. Wisdom, competence, ability:
   1. Cunning, deception, or an instance of it.
   2. Strategy, ingenuity, or an instance of it.
2. Beauty or refinement, especially in clothing:
   1. Sophisticated or fashionable clothing.
   2. Decorations for battle.
   3. A coat of arms; an overcoat bearing identifying heraldry.
3. (rare) Enchantment, magic.
4. (rare) Something strange or mysterious.

• queyntisen

• “queintī̆s(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

queyntise

1. alternative form of queyntisen