Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
queue or cue. - An abbreviation of quarter.
- noun An abbreviation: of queen, quarterly
- noun of question, or quære, query.
- noun An initial and medial sequence in words of Latin origin, as in
quarrel , quarrel, quadrant, query, etc. - noun An initial sequence in some words of Anglo-Saxon (or other Teutonic) origin, properly written kw-, or as originally
cw- , but altered in the Middle English period to qu- in conformity with the spelling of French and Latin words with qu- (see 1). It occurs in quail, quake, qualm, queen, quell, quick, etc. It does not occur medially except in composition. - noun An initial sequence in some Middle English or modern dialectal (Scotch) variants of words regularly spelled with wh-, as in qual, qwaylle, quhal, for whale; quhilk for whilk (which), quhyp for whip, etc.
- noun An initial sequence of various origin other than the above, as in quaint, quassia, quay, quince, quip, quire, quire, quiver, quoin, quoit, etc. See the etymology of these words.
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Examples
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Lors un lourdaiU qui servoit a la table, nous voyant en si grand debat, se va mocquer de nous, de ce qu* estions empeschez en si pen de chose, SC Jious va dire, que les Espagnols faisoient leurs pains plus grands qu 'ailleurs, parce qu' ils y mettoient plus de paste, *
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Our Chapter of qu is giving the membership its choice to pick what it chooses to do.
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Our Chapter of qu is giving the membership its choice to pick what it chooses to do.
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J'ai hérité de quelques recettes mais je n'ai plus les légumes du jardin qu'entretenait mon beau-père, mûris tranquillement au bas du village puis cueillis et consommées dans la même journée ....
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Il est certain qu'elle a choisi la profession parfaite!
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J'ai hérité de quelques recettes mais je n'ai plus les légumes du jardin qu'entretenait mon beau-père, mûris tranquillement au bas du village puis cueillis et consommées dans la même journée ....
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On fait rougir la pointe d'une épingle; on l'enfonce dans un petit morceau d'indigo afin qu'il puisse s'y attacher.
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But the “Gens æterna in quâ nemo nascitur” (Pliny v. 17) managed to appear even in Al-lslam, as Fakirs,, Dervishes, Súfis, etc.
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L'homme sait enfin qu'il est seul dans l'immensité indifférente de l'univers d'où il a émergé par hasard.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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L'homme sait enfin qu'il est seul dans l'immensité indifférente de l'univers d'où il a émergé par hasard.
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Wang’s biggest takeaway was the importance, during the quarantine in Wuhan, of the xiao qu, or the hyper-local groups that exist all over the city. Once the virus hit, these groups, run by volunteers, were transformed into networks that could help isolated residents secure food, medicine, and other supplies.
The Underground Efforts to Get Masks to Doctors Condé Nast 2020
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