quimとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /kwɪm/, [kʰw̥ɪm]
• 韻: -ɪm

名詞

quim (plural quims)

1. (vulgar) The female genitalia; the vulva.
   • 1879, anonymous author, “The Wanton Lass”, in The Pearl, number 1:

     For one day, when amusing herself with this whim
     The carrot it snapped, and part stuck in her quim.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 18: Penelope]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 938:

     Ho! What do I here behold? Were you brushing the cobwebs off a few quims?

   • 1970, Stephen Longstreet, Nell Kimball: Her Life as an American Madam, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 145:

     As for whores—they are sometimes daughters of fine homes peddling their quim and quiff for a thumbnail of cocaine or a tot of rot-gut whiskey.

   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 2: Une Perm au Casino Hermann Goering, page 235:

     When she's done he licks the last few drops from his lips. More cling, golden clear, to the glossy hairs of her quim.

   • 2005, Margaret Carter, Maiden Flights, →ISBN, page 131:

     Her quim grew wet, ready to welcome it.

2. (synecdochically, vulgar, derogatory) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person.

   Synonym: cunt

   • 2012, Joss Whedon, The Avengers, spoken by Loki (Tom Hiddleston):

     (to Black Widow) In every way, [ Clint Barton ] knows your fear! And then he'll wake…to see his good work…When he screams, I'll split his skull! This is my bargain, you mewling quim!

語源 2

Borrowed from Scots queem. Compare English queem.

形容詞

quim (comparative more quim, superlative most quim)

1. (Ulster) Affectedly nice, prim.
2. (Ulster) Moving with ease and precision.

参考

• queem