qy.int.

Forms: 1800s– qy. (with point), 1900s– qy (without point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: query n.²

Etymology: Shortened < query n.² (as a graphic abbreviation).

Used to introduce a question, and to introduce a word or statement of uncertain accuracy or validity; = query int. Cf. quaere int.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > introducing a question [verb (impersonal)]

quaere?1530

query1653

qu.1657

qy.1819

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of

askOE

askingOE

questionc1350

demandc1386

inquestc1400

interrogationc1405

inquisitionc1440

questioninga1450

inquirea1500

manda1500

terogatores1511

interrogatory1533

inquiry1548

interrogator1561

interrogativea1586

quaere1589

intergatory1590

A1591

Q1591

query1610

interrogate1633

starter1673

querical1699

speer1788

qy.1819

Q1902

1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 17 Apr. (1971) 195 We had been presented to the (Qy.) Duchess of Sussex.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 390/1 Qy. Is this pitch the Trinidad asphalte?

1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 1032/1 A Welsh rabbit..(Qy. ‘rare-bit’.)

1987 Encounter Dec. 83/1 As Ford Madox Ford put it: he [sc. H. G. Wells] ‘took literary London by storm.’ (Qy: who has done this in our own day?)

2000 A. Einsohn Copyeditor's Handbk. 440 QY: where is table 3?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	qy
释义	qy.int. Forms: 1800s– qy. (with point), 1900s– qy (without point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: query n.² Etymology: Shortened < query n.² (as a graphic abbreviation). Used to introduce a question, and to introduce a word or statement of uncertain accuracy or validity; = query int. Cf. quaere int. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > introducing a question [verb (impersonal)] quaere?1530 query1653 qu.1657 qy.1819 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of askOE askingOE questionc1350 demandc1386 inquestc1400 interrogationc1405 inquisitionc1440 questioninga1450 inquirea1500 manda1500 terogatores1511 interrogatory1533 inquiry1548 interrogator1561 interrogativea1586 quaere1589 intergatory1590 A1591 Q1591 query1610 interrogate1633 starter1673 querical1699 speer1788 qy.1819 Q1902 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 17 Apr. (1971) 195 We had been presented to the (Qy.) Duchess of Sussex. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 390/1 Qy. Is this pitch the Trinidad asphalte? 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 1032/1 A Welsh rabbit..(Qy. ‘rare-bit’.) 1987 Encounter Dec. 83/1 As Ford Madox Ford put it: he [sc. H. G. Wells] ‘took literary London by storm.’ (Qy: who has done this in our own day?) 2000 A. Einsohn Copyeditor's Handbk. 440 QY: where is table 3? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < int.1819
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