kickshaw
11kickshaw — kick•shaw [[t]ˈkɪkˌʃɔ[/t]] n. 1) coo a tidbit or delicacy 2) trinket; trifle • Etymology: 1590–1600; back formation from kickshaws < F quelque chose something …
12kickshaw — /ˈkɪkʃɔ/ (say kikshaw) noun 1. any fancy dish in cookery. 2. Obsolete any dainty, unsubstantial, or paltry trifle. {French; ? alteration of quelque chose something} …
13kickshaw — n. 1 archaic, usu. derog. a fancy dish in cookery. 2 something elegant but insubstantial; a toy or trinket. Etymology: F quelque chose something …
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15quelque-chose — |kelkəˈshōz noun ( s) Etymology: French quelque chose, literally, something, anything : kickshaw * * * /kel keuh shohz / n. kickshaw. [ < F: something] * * * quelque chose see kick …
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17kʷo- — Also kʷi . Stem of relative and interrogative pronouns. Derivatives include who, whether, either, quorum, quip, and quality. 1. a. who, whose, whom, from Old English …
18kicksie-wicksie — a fanciful word for wife in Shakespeare ( All s Well, II iii.297), 1601, apparently a perversion of KICKSHAW (Cf. kickshaw) a fancy dish in cookery …
19kick|shaws — «KIHK SHZ», noun. = kickshaw. (Cf. ↑kickshaw) …
20Cause — (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its power into… …
