Quim

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of queem. Compare also quaint, cunt. Derivation from Welsh cwm ("hollow") is sometimes suggested, but the OED notes that this is "unlikely on both semantic and phonological grounds".

Full definition of quim

Noun

1. (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva.
• 1879, Anonymous, "" in No. 1:For one day, when amusing herself with this whimThe carrot it snapped, and part stuck in her quim.
• 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 938:Ho! What do I here behold? Were you brushing the cobwebs off a few quims?
• 2005, Margaret Carter, Maiden Flights, ISBN 1419952595, page 131:Her quim grew wet, ready to welcome it.

Borrowing from sco queem.

Adjective

1. (Ulster) affectedly nice, prim
2. (Ulster) moving with ease and precision