quaite
(kweɪt)
a representation of an affected pronunc. of quite adv. Also quate.
| 1929 [see cultured ppl. a. 2]. 1933 W. S. Maugham Sheppey i. 28, I always say I quaite understand. Noblesse oblige if you know what I mean. 1962 Wodehouse Service with Smile v. 77 ‘Do you mean no beer?’ ‘Quate. I shall be keeping an eye on you.’ 1965 K. Giles Some Beasts no More i. 6 ‘So you're one of those funny little men who slide about big offices as if they didn't quaite belong there.’ Hell, yes, she'd said quaite. 1979 G. Petrie Hand of Glory iii. 37 She is quaite raight... Ay would not wish to seem grotesque. |