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quaestuary /KUlESS tyoo air ee/ n • One who is interested only in profit. “Dennis,
the real-estate quaestuary, simply could not understand why anyone would
criticize his decision to raze the orphanage to make way for yet another golf
course.
Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, 2001
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The Gilded Tongue: Overly Eloquent Words for Everyday Things
QUAESTUARY (KWES-choo-air-ee): adj. from Latin qmestus (way of making
money, trade, gain, profit) , from quaestus past participle of quamre (to seek, gain,
ask): profit-seeking. The billionaire H. Ross Perot assured the public that he was
...
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There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
As an adjective, quaestuary means profit seeking, undertaken to make money; as
a noun it means a profit seeker, one driven to make money. On any street corner
you can find people willing to offer you their chrematistic counsel, but you have ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2005
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
In tho list of more important bulls issued by him the famous bull "In Ccena Domini
" (1568) takes a leading place; but amongst others throwing light on his character
and policy there may be mentioned his prohibition of quaestuary (February ...
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Lectures on Greek philosophy and other philosophical remains
The first of these, the concupiscible faculty, in Greek, evifopla, corresponds to the
operative or quaestuary or chrematistic class in the state. Just as this class aims
at the attainment of wealth, so does that faculty pursue pleasure as its end.
James Frederick Ferrier, 1866
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The Velocity of Falling Bodies
... unearth the quaestuary public's trail of crimes So now that you've been
disabused a bit please let me introduce Myself Oana is the name wanted for
crimes against the state Improper use of dynamite causing extraordinary fright
Anti-fascistic ...
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A Reader's Companion II: 3,500 Words and Phrases Avid ...
Qua (kwah)—in the capacity or character of Quackslaver—an ignorant pretender
to medical skills, used disrespectfully for a doctor Quadrennial—lasting for four
years; occurring every four years Quaestuary (Kwes choo air ee)—profit-seeking
...
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
quadrumanous [kwah-droom-uh-nus] an adjective meaning 'apelike in
destructiveness.' From a Latin word meaning 'four-handed (like an ape).'
quaestuary [kwess-choo-err-ee] an adjective meaning 'money making.' Look for
this word to show ...
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The Life and Pontificate of Saint Pius the Fifth
We now proceed chronologically. In 1567, February 8, it was found necessary to
prohibit quaestuary, or venal indulgences; and care was to be taken, lest, on any
pretence of indulgence, remission, or faculty, the faithful should be encouraged ...
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Nuevo diccionario portatil: Español é Ingles
Jae Questuoso, *a,j crative; quaestuary QuestaTH,s.fquestorship Quetzale , s. m.
a bird of America Quexigal, s. m. a grove of holms Querelloso, say, a. plain-
QuexigQ; *• m* a 7iQ^n Quibey, s. m. a venemous plant of America Quicial, s. m.
the ...
Claude Marie Gattel, 1803
