QUIDNUNC
QUID'NUNC, noun [Latin what now.] One who is curious to know every thing that passes; one who knows or pretends to know all occurrences.Quid pro quo, [Latin] in law, an equivale...
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QUIESCE
QUIESCE, verb intransitive quiess'. [Latin quiesco.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
QUIESCENCE
QUIES'CENCE,QUIES'CENCY, noun [Latin quiescens, quiesco. See quiet.]1. Rest; repose; state of a thing without motion.2. Rest of the mind; a state of the mind free from agitation...
QUIESCENCY
QUIES'CENCY, n. [L. quiescens, quiesco. See quiet.]1. Rest; repose; state of a thing without motion.2. Rest of the mind; a state of the mind free from agitation or emotion.3. Si...
QUIESCENT
QUIES'CENT, adjective [Latin quiescens.]1. Resting being in a state of repose; still: not moving; as a quiescent body or fluid.2. Not ruffled with passion; unagitated; as the mi...
QUIET
QUI'ET, adjective [Latin quietus.]1. Still; being in a state of rest; now moving. Judges 16:2.2. Still; free from alarm or disturbance; unmolested; as a quiet life.In his days t...
QUIETED
QUI'ETED, participle passive Made still; calmed; pacified.
QUIETER
QUI'ETER, noun The person or thing that quiets.
QUIETING
QUI'ETING, participle present tense Reducing to rest or stillness; appeasing; tranquilizing.
QUIETISM
QUI'ETISM, noun Peace or tranquility of mind; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction. In history, quietism is the system of the quietists, who maintained that religion cons...
QUIETIST
QUI'ETIST, noun One of a sect of mystics, originated by Molino, a Spanish priest, who maintained the principles of quietism.
QUIETLY
QUI'ETLY, adverb1. In a quiet state; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly2. Without tumult, alarm, dispute or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietl...
QUIETNESS
QUI'ETNESS, noun1. A state of rest; stillness.2. Calm; tranquility; as the quietness of the ocean or atmosphere.3. Freedom from agitation or emotion; calmness; coolness; as the ...
QUIETSOME
QUI'ETSOME, adjective Calm; still; undisturbed. [Not in use.]
QUIETUDE
QUI'ETUDE, noun Rest; repose; quiet; tranquility.
QUIETUS
QUIE'TUS, noun [Latin] Rest; repose; death; hence, a final discharge or acquittance; that which silences claims.
QUILL
QUILL, noun [Latin calamus.]1. The large strong feather of a goose or other large fowl; used much for writing pens. Hence,2. The instrument of writing; as the proper subject of ...
QUILLET
QUIL'LET, noun [Latin quidlibet, what you please.]Subtilty; nicety; fraudulent distinction; petty cant. [Not much used.]
QUILT
QUILT, noun [Latin culcita.]A cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton or other substance between two cloths and sewing them together; as beds covered with magnificent quil...
QUILTED
QUILT'ED, participle passive Stitched together, as two pieces of cloth, with a soft substance between them.
QUILTING
QUILT'ING, participle present tense Stitching together, as two cloths, with some soft substance between them.QUILT'ING, noun1. The act of forming a quilt.2. In New England, the ...
QUINARY
QUI'NARY, adjective [Latin quinarius, from quinque, five.] Consisting of five.] Consisting of five; as a quinary number.
QUINATE
QUI'NATE, adjective [from Latin quinque.] In botany, a quinate leaf is a sort of digitate leaf having five leaflets on a petiole.
QUINCE
QUINCE, noun quins. [Latin cydonius.]The fruit of the Pyrus cydonia, so named from Cydonia, a town of Crete, famous for abounding with this fruit. One species of this fruit is o...
QUINCE-TREE
QUINCE-TREE, noun The tree which produces the quince.
QUINCH
QUINCH, verb intransitive [probably a vulgar pronunciation of wince or winch.] To stir, wince or flounce. [Not in use.]
QUINCUNCIAL
QUINCUN'CIAL, adjective [from Latin quincunx.] Having the form of a quincunx.