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Qu

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • Word Usage
    "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, *"
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku  Blue  Cebu  Chengdu  Chou  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    CZ  Clo  HGH  Havana  WH