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Quist Quist is a surname of Scandinavian origin. People with the surname include: Adrian Quist (1913–1991), Australian tennis player. Anne Quist (born 1957), Dutch rower. Emmanuel Charles Quist (1880-1959), barrister, judge and 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. Janet Quist (born 1955), American model and actress.
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- quiddity (plural quiddities) ( 1 philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing. ( 2 law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble. 3  An eccentricity; an odd feature.
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feist Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
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- NIST is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a unit of the U.S. Commerce Department.Formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards, NIST promotes and maintains measurement standards. It also has active programs for encouraging and assisting industry and science to develop and use these standards.racle Application Testing Suite. NIST is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a unit of the U.S. Commerce Department. Formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards, NIST promotes and maintains measurement standards.
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- Gist definition, the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech? See more.
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true truest. 1  1 : agreeing with the facts : accurate a true story. 2  2 : completely loyal : faithful You are a true friend. 3  3 : consistent or in accordance with The movie is true to the book.  4 : properly so called : genuine Mosses have no true 1  seeds. 5 : placed or formed accurately : exact true pitch.
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tryst Definition of tryst. 1  1 : an agreement (as between lovers) to meet. 2  2 : an appointed meeting or meeting place.
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- Noun. 1. caret-a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text. mark-a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); his answer was just a punctuation mark.Translations. [ˈkaerət] ˈkærət → n signo m de. intercalacion intercalaciónaret-a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text. mark-a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); his answer was just a punctuation mark.
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- Definition of quip. 1  1a : a clever usually taunting remark : gibeb : a witty or funny observation or response usually made on the spur of the moment. 2  2 : quibble, equivocation. 3  3 : something strange, droll, curious, or eccentric : oddity.
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gist the essential point of an action. GIST, pleading. Gist of the action is the essential ground or object of it, in point of law, and without which there is no cause of action. Gould on Pl. c. 4, Sec. 12.
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KJV Dictionary Definition: jest JEST'ING, ppr. Joking; talking for diversion or merriment. JEST'ING, n. A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.EST'ING, ppr. Joking; talking for diversion or merriment. JEST'ING, n. A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.
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zest- definition and synonyms Contribute to our Open Dictionary. 1  1. great enthusiasm or interest He never lost his zest for life. 2  2. the skin of an orange, lemon, or lime when it is used in cooking Add the finely grated zest of one lemon.
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- the gist. : the general or basic meaning of something said or written — usually + of. The gist of her argument was that the law was unfair. I didn't read the whole article, but I got the gist of it.
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- The definition of gist is the main point. 1  An example of gist is when you sum up in one sentence what someone has just said to you. 2  An example of gist is the legal grounds for a lawsuit.
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zest Lemon, orange and lime zest. Lemon, orange and lime zest. Zest is enthusiasm, energy and excitement or the very outside of the peel of a citrus fruit. 1  An example of zest is when you are excited and enthusiastic about life.2  An example of zest is the orange shavings from an orange peel.emon, orange and lime zest. Lemon, orange and lime zest. Zest is enthusiasm, energy and excitement or the very outside of the peel of a citrus fruit. 1  An example of zest is when you are excited and enthusiastic about life. 2  An example of zest is the orange shavings from an orange peel.
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- DEFINITION of 'Quid Pro Quo'. A Latin phrase meaning something for something. This term is typically used in financial circles to describe a mutual agreement between two parties in which each party provides a good or service in return for a good or service. Next Up.
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Jist or Gist: Whatâs the Difference? Jist is not a good word for those things, as it is not a word at all. One could say that jist is “just wrong.” Jist should not be used in professional or academic writing, as it would be considered a spelling error in these contexts. Jist is only appropriate for creative writing.
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gist (dʒɪst) n. 1. the main or essential point of a matter: the gist of a story. 2. the ground of a legal action. [1720–30; < Anglo-French (cest action) gist (this matter) lies, derivative of Old French gesir to lie « Latin jacēre]
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quid pro quo quid pro quo. A Latin phrase meaning something for something, used to mean a fair exchange or something given in exchange for something else.
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jest jest. n. 1. A playful or frivolous mood or manner: spoken in jest. 2.A playful remark; a witticism or joke. 3.A playful or amusing act; a prank. 4.est. n. 1. A playful or frivolous mood or manner: spoken in jest. 2. A playful remark; a witticism or joke.
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gist 1711, the real point (of a law case, etc.), from Anglo-French legalese phrases, e.g. cest action gist this action lies, meaning this case is sustainable by law, from Old French gist en it consists in, it lies in (third person singular present indicative of gésir to lie), from Latin iacet it lies, from iacere to lie, rest, related to iacere to throw (see jet (v.)).
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- adjective, cruder, crudest. 1. in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar. 2. lacking in intellectual subtlety, perceptivity, etc.; rudimentary; undeveloped. 3. lacking finish, polish, or completeness: a crude summary.
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Jost Family History Jost Name Meaning. Dutch and German: from a personal name, a derivative of the Breton personal name Iodoc (see Joyce), or from the personal name Just (see Just). Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press.
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lame lamest. 1  1a : having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement The accident left him lame for life.b : marked by stiffness and soreness a lame shoulder. 2  2 : lacking needful or desirable substance : weak, ineffectual a lame excuse. 3  3 slang : not being in the know : square She's cool, but her boyfriend is so lame.
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quiddity Definition of quiddity. plural. quiddities. 1 : whatever makes something the type that it is : essence. 2a : a trifling point : quibbleb : crotchet, eccentricity.
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avast 1680s, a nautical interjection, hold! stop! probably worn down from Dutch houd vast hold fast.. AVAST. -- The order to stop, or pause, in any exercise or operation; as Avast heaving -- that is to say, desist, or stop, from drawing in the cable or hawser, by means of the capstan &c. [George Biddlecombe, The Art of Rigging, 1848]