quir-, quisit-, quis-, que-, quer-, quest-, -quirement, -quirable, -quisition, -quisitive

(Latin: to ask, to seek)


queryist
quest
1. A search, exploration, hunt, or pursuit of some objective or goal; to look for or to seek something.
2. A journey, expedition, or excursion in search of something; especially, one made by knights in medieval tales.
3. The object, target, or goal of a quest.
question
1. A request for information or for a reply, which usually ends with a question mark, if written, or on a rising intonation, if spoken.
2. A doubt or uncertainty about someone or something.
3. A matter that is the subject of discussion, debate, or negotiation.
4. A problem to be discussed or solved in an examination.
questionable
1. Open to doubt or disagreement.
2. Not respectable or morally proper.
questionably
questioner
questioning
A situation in which someone is asked a lot of questions, especially formally or officially, or an instance of this.
questioningly
questionless
1. Unquestionable; indubitable [in DYOO bi tuh b'l]; indubitably [in DYOO bi tuh blee] (that which can not be doubted).
2. Asking no questions; unquestioning.
questionnaire
A set of questions used to gather information in a survey, or the printed paper that contains the questions. From French, formed from questionner, “to ask”.
questpersand
A new symbol and a new word composed of "question" and "ampersand" and pronounced as: "and?".
questpersand

Although & is called an ampersand (meaning "and"), there is also a symbol which is called a questpersand which is pronounced: "and?"

questpersand symbol
—Source: Verbatim, The Language Quarterly, Essex, Connecticut, 1977, page 536.

Quod cito acquiritur cito perit.
That which is quickly acquired, quickly vanishes.

Another version is "Easy come, easy go."

Quotes: Research, Inquiry
Patient study of the misjudgments and misstatements of others: research quotes.

request
1. To ask formally or courteously for something to be given or done.
2. To politely ask someone to do something; or as a noun, the act of politely asking or petitioning for something to be done or given.

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