See quim.
I remember reading The Canterbury Tales in Middle English and encountering the word "quaint." Which meant nothing near what it means today.
"Lysistrata shielding her coynte"The title of one of Beardsley's illustrations from Lysistrata. Without even seeing the image, the etymology should be fairly obvious.Also, the name of a sexually-repressed spinster in a Tennessee Williams' short story called "Miss Coynte of Green." I think he meant it...
See quim.
I remember reading The Canterbury Tales in Middle English and encountering the word "quaint." Which meant nothing near what it means today.
"Lysistrata shielding her coynte"
The title of one of Beardsley's illustrations from Lysistrata. Without even seeing the image, the etymology should be fairly obvious.
Also, the name of a sexually-repressed spinster in a Tennessee Williams' short story called "Miss Coynte of Green." I think he meant it...