Word Meanings - QUAKERISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.

QUAKERLIKE
Like a Quaker.
QUAKER
1. One who quakes. 2. One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4. Fox's teaching was
QUAKERISH
Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
QUAKERESS
A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
QUAKERY
Quakerism. Hallywell.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
QUAKERISM
The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
QUAKERLY
Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish. Macaulay.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach