cuistre

French

Etymology

From Old French questre, subjective case of cuistron, coistron, inherited from Late Latin *coquistrō, related to coquō (“to cook”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɥistʁ/

Noun

cuistre m (plural cuistres)

(pejorative) prig, pedant
(pejorative) yokel, bumpkin
Synonyms: rustre, paysan

Further reading

“cuistre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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