A staircase landing where the stairs turn at a right angle. (MW)
An architectural term referring to a platform or landing on a staircase where the stairs turn at a right angle, ninety degrees. It is distinct from a halfpace, which involves a 180-degree turn. (Grok)
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. (WUD)
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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)
Note: Seems to be hyphenated in the United Kingdom.
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)
OED: Originally, a small book or pamphlet, especially one consisting of a set of four sheets of parchment or paper folded in two so as to form eight leaves; also, a short poem, treatise, etc., which is or could be contained in such a book. Later more generally, any book containing literary work. Now rare, chiefly Scottish and literary. A set of four sheets of parchment or paper folded in two so as to form eight leaves; any gathering or set of sheets forming part of a complete manuscript or printed book, especially a gathering formed of one sheet folded three times, so as to form eight leaves. Also, a set of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper; one twentieth of a ream. In loose quires: Unbound; in unbound gatherings or sheets. (OED)
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)
Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. (WUD)
Of an action, attribute, idea, etc. characteristic of or appropriate to Don Quixote; demonstrating or motivated by exaggerated notions of chivalry and romanticism; naively idealistic; unrealistic, impracticable; also, unpredictable, capricious, whimsical. Of a person, resembling Don Quixote; visionary; enthusiastically chivalrous or romantic; naively idealistic; impractical, capricious. (OED)
Qurʾān or Quran or Koran or Alcoran (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)
The sacred book of Islam, the word of God as revealed to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel over a period of years, written down in Arabic, and collected together after Muhammad's death; also, a copy of this. The Qur'an consists of 114 units of varying lengths, known as suras. These touch on all aspects of human existence, including matters of doctrine, social organization, and legislation. (OED)
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