Qarmaq - noun.

Qarmats are a type of seasonal, single-room dwelling used by Inuit people. The structure may be supported by snow in winter or sod and stone in other seasons. Generally, the top was covered by canvas or animal skins.


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quotidian [ kwoh-tid-ee-uhn]

adjective:
1 Everyday; commonplace
2 Recurring daily

Examples:

He explained that the new philosophy gives a fresh perspective on the quotidian moments dismissed, highlighting how these shared mundane experiences should be cherished. (Coca-Cola introduces new global brand philosophy 4 years after, Nigerian ( Read more... )

Quipu - noun.

Quipu, also spelled khipu and quipo are fascinating, complex material devices for recordkeeping and accounting. Although closely associated with the Incas, the knotted systems were also used by other peoples before the Incas and for years afterwards as well. The long quipu (pronounced key-poo) strands were made from animal hair, such ( Read more... )

Qiviut - noun.

Somewhat related to last week's post on yak-shaving, qiviut is made from muskox. It's the soft under wool beneath the outer wool. This under wool is shed naturally by muskox in spring and as such, shearing isn't possible. Muskox may leave bits of wool behind where they have rubbed, although it can also be obtained from the pelts of ( Read more... )

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Argle-bargle - (adj) copious but meaningless talk or writing

Deipnophobia - (n) a morbid fear of dinner parties

Finifugal - (adj) afraid of finishing anything

Jentacular - (adj) pertaining to breakfast

Quomodocunquizing - (v) making money in any way that you can

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Quixotic (adjective)
quix·ot·ic [kwik-sot-ik] (listen to pronunciation here)

adjective
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
2. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
3. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.

Sometimes quix·ot·i·cal .

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quisquilian (kwiz-KWIL-ee-an) - adj., worthless, trivial, consisting of rubbish.

That last being the root sense -- for this is from Latin quisquiliae, trash/rubbish. Another 17th century Latinate borrowing, and I have to wonder whether it was by Sir Thomas Urquhart -- I mean, he would, if someone didn't grab it first. As one blog post helpfully ( Read more... )

Sorry for missing last week -- spent the day in bed with the flu. (Yanno, that'd be a good word to run sometime: influenza.) So today, two words as a make-up:

quethe (KWEETH) - v., to say or declare.

Obsolete and almost completely forgotten except in the past tense, quoth. Yes, quoth does have a present tense form, and future, and all the usual ( Read more... )

quomodocunquize (kwo-MOH-doh-KUN-kwaiz) - v., to make money by any means possible.

Could be by taking every odd job under the sun, hustling like mad, or using less licit means. Coined in 1652 by Thomas Urquhart from Latin quomodocunque, in whatever way, from quo modo, in what way? -- and never used again, at least going by OED citations, except ( Read more... )

querulous: [kwer-uh-luh s, kwer-yuh-luhs]

adjective:

1. Full of complaints; habitually complaining.  Like a querulous teenager.

2. Fretful, whining,grumbling, expressing a complaint.  Like a querulous voice or querulous comments.

Origin:  About 1500. Latin. querulus, from quer "to complain"