cuistre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French questre, subjective case of cuistron, coistron (“kitchen boy or vile person”), inherited from Late Latin *coquistrō, related to coquō (“to cook”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɥistʁ/ === Noun === cuistre m (plural cuistres) (derogatory) prig, uneducated pedant Synonym: pédant === Further reading === “cuistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012