Querulous

kwgr'oo-lus, a. Apt to repine; habitually complaining; expre ing complaint; whining; murmuring; di atisfied. [L. querulus, fr. queri, to complain; prob. onomat., Skr. cvas. to hi , sigh, £. wheeze, also quarrel, — Qner'ulously, adv. — ligger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. 482 QUERY 464 Qftrf'ulousne , — Quer'too'iaous, -mo'n'i-us, a- Coin plaining; querulous; apt to complain. [L. querimoma, a complaint, £r. leri, to complain.] Query, kwe'rt, A question; an inquiry to be answered or resolved. — v. [queried (-rid), -rying.] — To ask questions, make inquiry. v. To seek by questioning, inquire into; to doubt of [For L. quaere, inquire thou, 2d pers. imperat. of quasrere, situm, to seek; L. queesere, to beg:, Skr. chi, to search, E. acquire, conquer, disquisition, exquisite, request, etc.] — Que'rist, One who asks questions. — Quest, kwest, Act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search. [ME. and OF. queste, L. qua it a, thing sought, fern, of qtimsitus, p. p. of queerere.] — Ques'tion, -chun, Act of asking interrogation discu ion debate verbal contest; investigation; esp., formal investigation, as before a tribunal; that which is asked; a query a subject of investigation or examination. — v. [questioned (-chund), -tioning.] To ask questions, —v. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; to doubt of, be uncertain of; to treat as not entitled to confidence, call in question, catechise, doubt, controvert, dispute, inquire. [F.; L. questio, quasrere.] — In question. In debate; in the course of examination or discu ion. — Leading q. — A question which suggests the answer desired. — Out of the q. Not worthy of, or requiring, consideration; quite impo ible. — Previous q. The question put to a parliamentary a embly previously to the putting of the principal question namely, " Shall the main question be now put Calling for the previous question cuts off further debate. — Questionable, a. Inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry; liable to be doubted or called in question; disputable; debatable; doubtful; suspicious. — Ques'tioner, — Questionle , adv. Beyond a question or doubt; certainly. — Ques'tor, n. {Rom. Antiq.) A public treasurer; receiver of taxes, tribute, etc. [L. quaestor, contr. from qua it or, fr. quasrere.]