A staircase landing where the stairs turn at a right angle. (MW)
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. (WUD)
A resting place or landing where two flights of stairs converge at right angles to each other in a quarter turn. (OED)
See: halfpace
quire (noun)
Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts. Any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book. 25 (formerly 24) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream. (NOA)
quixotic (adjective)
Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. (NOA)
quire (noun)
Four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves, as in medieval manuscripts. Any collection of leaves one within another in a manuscript or book. 25 (formerly 24) sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream. (NOA)
A collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality; one twentieth of a ream. (MW)
A set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream. A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book. (AHD)
quixotic (adjective)
Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. (NOA)
Having or showing ideas that are different and unusual but not practical or likely to succeed. Having intentions or ideas that are admirable but not practical. (CD)
Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality. Capricious; impulsive. (AHD)
Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. Capricious, unpredictable. (MW)
Qurʾān or Quran or Koran (scripture)
Arabic: recitationEB: The sacred scripture of Islam. According to conventional Islamic belief, the Qurʾān was revealed by the angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad in the West Arabian towns Mecca and Medina beginning in 610 and ending with Muhammad’s death in 632 CE. It is subdivided into 114 chapter-like units called sūrahs, a word used within the Qurʾān to designate revelatory passages. With the exception of the short opening sūrah, recited during each of the five daily Islamic prayers, the sūrahs are ordered roughly according to decreasing length, although this general rule is frequently interrupted. (EB)
Sūrah-by-sūrah outline. (Grok)
Note: Since the Qurʾān orders the sūrah by length, we are unable to read the work in chronological order of revelation. This is important because of the Islamic doctrine of abrogation (later pronouncements, revelations, of the prophet take precedence over earlier pronouncements). Someone should produce a Chronological Qurʾān, so everyone can plainly see which pronouncements have been abrogated, and how they were abrograted. Interestingly, Grok seems unwilling to provide such a list.
See: abrogation