Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pleasing; agreeable.
  • To become; suit; fit; satisfy; please.
  • To become; come to be.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete To please.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete Pleasure.
  • adjective pleasant, pleasing
  • adjective agreeable
  • adjective acceptable
  • verb intransitive, obsolete To behave in a satisfying manner to (someone); to be pleasing to.
  • verb intransitive, obsolete To become; come to be.
  • verb transitive, obsolete To fit.
  • verb transitive, obsolete To please; satisfy.
  • verb transitive, obsolete To suit.

Etymologies

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From Middle English queme, from Old English cweme, Old English cwēme ("pleasant, agreeable, acceptable"), related to Old English cwemnes, Old English cwēmnes ("pleasure, satisfaction, mitigation")

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English queme, from Old English cweme, Old English cwēme ("pleasant, agreeable, acceptable")

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English quemen, from Old English cweman, Old English cwēman ("to gratify, please, satisfy, comply with, be obedient to, serve") Akin to Old English cuman, "to come".

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  • queme a pleasing word

    December 28, 2006

  • Also spelled as queem.

    October 10, 2011