Grandiloquent Dictionary

Q

qasida - ( )

  A form of arabic poetry

qiviut - ( )

  The soft undercoat on a musk ox, often used in making coats

quadragenerian - ( )

  A person who is 40 years old, or between 40 and 50

quadrel - ( )

  A square stone or tile

quadrifid - ( )

  To be cut into four pieces

quadrigamist - ( )

  Someone who either has been married four times or who is married to four people

quadriliteral - ( )

  Pertaining to a word which has four letters

quadrumane - ( )

  A four handed animal, such as a monkey or ape

quaestuary - ( )

  Seeking money or trying to make money

qualtagh - ( KWOL-tok )

  The first person you see after leaving your house

quartan - ( KWOR-tan )

  Something which occurs every four days

quasihemidemisemiquaver - ( )

  According to British musical notation, a 128th note

quatrayle - ( )

  One's great great great grandfather

quean - ( kween )

  1. A whore or prostitute

quean - ( kween )

  2. A young, unmarried woman

quercine - ( )

  Pertaining to an oak tree

quiddler - ( )

  A person who hangs around wasting time at work and making conversation with people who are working

quidnunc - ( )

  A person who always wants to know what is going on

quincunx - ( )

  A set of five objects arranged with one at each corner of a square, and the fifth in the center

quinquagesimal - ( )

  Consisting of fifty days

quinquepartite - ( )

  Having five parts

quisquilian - ( )

  Consisting of trash and rubbish

quodlibertarian - ( )

  A pedantic person who engages in elaborate arguments about minor things

quodlibet - ( )

  A subtle debate over a theological point by Christians

quoin - ( )

  An external angle in a wall or building

quomodocunquize - ( )

  To make money by any means possible

quotidian - ( )

  Occuring every day