Index of English words, starting with "qu"

(1) - Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
(2) - Quaint (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
(3) - Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.

(1) - Quaintly (adv.) In a quaint manner.

(1) - Quaintness (n.) The quality of being quaint.

(1) - Quake (n.) A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
(2) - Quake (v. t.) To cause to quake.
(3) - Quake (v. i.) To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.
(4) - Quake (v. i.) To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.

(1) - Quaker (n.) Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
(2) - Quaker (n.) The sooty albatross.
(3) - Quaker (n.) The nankeen bird.
(4) - Quaker (n.) One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
(5) - Quaker (n.) One who quakes.