So we ended up reading the Q section.

It took a few hours.

For only 8 pages.

But she would read four entries, and then maybe comment on the words, and then I would read four more entries and we might start a discussion or ponder why there are so many definitions of the word “quarter” or why “question” needs so many abbreviations or why there are all these obscure words for foreign locations. Much of it was pretty dry.

But there were some gems that we enjoyed reading and that we may incorporate into our everyday vocabularies.

Like quintessential
quaff
quatrefoil
quixotic
quiz show
quash
quadrillionth