| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| qui vive |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  k vv |
| NOUN: | A sentinel's challenge. | | IDIOM: | on the qui vive On the alert; vigilant: “a loathsome Dublin politico who is on the qui vive for . . . terrorists” (Julian Moynahan). | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, (long) live who? (a sentry's challenge to determine a person's political sympathies) : qui, who + vive, third person sing. present subjunctive of vivre, to live.
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