quick

English

/kwɪk/

adj
Definitions
  • Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
  • Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
  • Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
  • Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
  • Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
  • (archaic) Alive, living.
  • (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
  • Of water: flowing.
  • Burning, flammable, fiery.
  • Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
  • (mining) productive; not "dead" or barren

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English quik inherited from Old English cwic (alive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (alive, living, quick, active) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive), *gʷeyh₃- (live).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷeyh₃-

Gloss

live

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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