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Definition of Quiché
1. Noun. A member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala.
2. Noun. A tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables).
3. Noun. The Mayan language spoken by the Quiche.
Definition of Quiché
1. Proper noun. (alternative form of K'iche') ¹
2. Noun. A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quiché
1. a custard-filled pastry [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quiché
Literary usage of Quiché
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"DE QUICHE [backing a step]. Very well You have dropped from the moon! ... DE QUICHE.
I wish to pass! CYRANO. While falling I could not choose my way, ..."
2. Adventure Guide to Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2003)
"Northern Highlands The Northern Highlands, also known as Los Altiplanos, consist
of three departments: Quiche, Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz. ..."
3. Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2006)
"CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS Dept. of Quiche Chichicastenango 150 Dept. of Las Verapaces
155 Cobán 158 Salamá 168 Department of Quiche The department of Quiche shares ..."
4. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"DE QUICHE. I wish to pass! CYRANO. While falling I could not choose my way, ...
CYRANO [with a scream of terror at which DE QUICHE starts backward a step]. ..."
5. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1841)
"Plain of Quiche.—The Village.—Ruins of Quiche.—Its History.—Desolate Scene.—A
facetious Cura.—Description of the Rains.—Plan.—The Royal Palace. ..."
6. Travels Amongst American Indians: Their Ancient Earthworks and Temples by Lindesay Brine (1894)
"THE journey from San Tomas to Santa Cruz del Quiche was made unexpectedly fatiguing,
in consequence of the difficulties placed across our track .by the ..."
7. Latin-American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1920)
"... upon the builders of the ancient cities which, indeed, they seem scarcely to
have known. Rather, when the Quiche and their kindred entered the land, ..."
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