QUI VIVE


Meaning of QUI VIVE in English

/kee veev"/

1. ( italics ) French. who goes there?

2. on the qui vive , on the alert; watchful: Special guards were on the qui vive for trespassers.

[ 1720-30; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .