Qq: Quisling

Noun

1.

quisling - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force collaborationist, collaborator traitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treason

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n.

n English and some European languages, the term "quisling" has become a synonym for traitor, particularly one who collaborates with invaders. The term was coined by the British newspaper The Times in its leader of 15 April, 1940, entitled "Quislings everywhere." The editorial asserted,

To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor... they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters. Actually it contrives to suggest something at once slippery and tortuous.^[12]

The noun has survived; for a while during and after the war, the back-formed verb "to quisle" (pronounced "quizzle") was used. One who was "quisling" was committing treason.^[13]

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[After Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), head of Norway's government during the Nazi occupation (1940-1945).]

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Qq: Quintessence

n.

1. The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.

2. The purest or most typical instance: the quintessence of evil.

3. In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.

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[Middle English, from Old French quinte essence, fifth essence, from Medieval Latin qunta essentia (translation of Greek pempt ousi) : Latin qunta, feminine of quntus, fifth; see penk^we in Indo-European roots + Latin essentia, essence; see essence.]

This great man, as is well known to all lovers of polite eating, begins at first by setting plain things before his hungry guests, rising afterwards by degrees as their stomachs may be supposed to decrease, to the very quintessence of sauce and spices.The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry

Qq: QinA-Jealousy

Jealousy in Proverbs 27:4 uses the Hebrew Word Qina which also means Zeal; excessive fervor to do something or to accomplish something which can destroy others when out of whack. Too much energy destroys the Good in us and creates something diabolical.

Proverbs 27:4 (The Message)⁴ We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy?

Qq: Quaff

v.tr.

To drink (a beverage) heartily: quaffed the ale with gusto.

v.intr.

To drink a liquid heartily: quaffed from the spring.

n.

A hearty draft of liquid.

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[Origin unknown.]

"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee -- by these angels he hath sent thee Respite -- respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost LenorePoems by Poe, Edgar Allan

Qq Quicksilver:

Quicksilver:

adj.

Unpredictable; mercurial: "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" Sven Birkerts.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel

"That must have been it," said Sancho, "for indeed Rocinante went like a gipsy's ass with quicksilver in his ears.

Mythology: Mercury/Hermes who was a cunning manager for Zeus.
Hermes was popular among athletes, and the stateus representing him as an atheltic young man were commonly to be seen in the ancient sportsgrounds. (Grant and Hazel 173)