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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quisquis, -quous, adj. [Only Sc. Prob. L. quisquis whoever, whatever. In later dial. as quisquis, -quose, -cos, quiscoskos.] Perplexing, debateable, dubious. — 1671–3 Old Ross-shire I 381.
And finding the business to be sumquhat quisquis
1712 Wodrow Corr. I 327.
In this quisquous time

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