QUIXOTIC
QUIXOT'IC, adjective Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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QUIXOTISM
QUIX'OTISM, noun Romantic and absurd notions; schemes or actions like those of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes.
QUIZ
QUIZ, noun An enigma; a riddle or obscure question.QUIZ, verb transitive To puzzle. [A popular, but not an elegant word.]Quo Warranto, in Law Latin, a writ brought before a prop...
QUOB
QUOB, verb intransitive To move, as the fetus in utero; to throb. [Local, vulgar, and little used.]
QUODLIBET
QUOD'LIBET, noun [Latin what you please.] A nice point; a subtilty.
QUODLIBETARIAN
QUODLIBETA'RIAN, noun One who talks and disputes on any subject at pleasure.
QUODLIBETICAL
QUODLIBET'ICAL, adjective Not restrained to a particular subject; moved or discussed at pleasure for curiosity or entertainment.
QUODLIBETICALLY
QUODLIBET'ICALLY, adverb At pleasure; for curiosity; so as to be debated for entertainment.
QUOIF
QUOIF, noun A cap or hood. [See Coif.]QUOIF, verb transitive To cover or dress with a coif. [This word may be discarded with advantage.]
QUOIFFURE
QUOIF'FURE, noun A head dress.
QUOIL
QUOIL. [See Coil, the better word.]
QUOIN
QUOIN, noun [See Coin].1. A corner.2. An instrument to raise any thing; a wedge employed to raise cannon to a proper level, and for other purposes.3. In architecture, the corner...
QUOIT
QUOIT, noun1. A kind of horse shoe to be pitched or thrown at a fixed object in play. In common practice, a plain flat stone is used for this purpose.2. In some authors, the dis...
QUOLL
QUOLL, noun An animal of New Holland, resembling the polecat.
QUONDAM
QUON'DAM, used adjectively. [Latin] Having been formerly; former; as a quondam king or friend.
QUOOK
QUOOK, preterit tense of quake. obsolete
QUORUM
QUO'RUM, noun [Latin gen. plural of qui, who.]1. A bench of justices, or such a number of officers or members as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as a q...
QUOTA
QUO'TA, noun [Latin quotus.]A just part or share; or the share, part or proportion assigned to each. Each state was ordered to furnish its quota of troops.
QUOTATION
QUOTA'TION, noun [from quote.]1. The act of quoting or citing.2. The passage quoted or cited; the part of a book or writing named, repeated or adduced as evidence or illustratio...
QUOTE
QUOTE, verb transitive1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat or adduce a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote...
QUOTED
QUO'TED, participle passive Cited; adduced; named.
QUOTER
QUO'TER, noun One that cites the words of an author or speaker.
QUOTH
QUOTH, verb intransitive [Latin inquio, contracted.]To say; to speak. This verb is defective, being used only in the first and third persons in the present and past tenses, as q...
QUOTIDIAN
QUOTID'IAN, adjective [Latin quotidianus; quotus and dies.] Daily; occurring or returning daily; as a quotidian fever.QUOTID'IAN, noun1. A fever whose paroxysms return every day...
QUOTIENT
QUO'TIENT, noun [Latin quoties, how often.]In arithmetic, the number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a ...