Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quant suff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
quan-t -suff
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

The amount of the last ingredient in a recipe or prescription required to make it up to the required quantity of a mixture.

Dated

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quantum sufficit (“as much as is required”), then clipped to only the first syllable of each word.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

q.s. (alternative)

Questions

What does quant suff mean?
The amount of the last ingredient in a recipe or prescription required to make it up to the required quantity of a mixture.
Where does quant suff come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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