English Explanatory Dictionary

quant suff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

quant suff q.s.

Etymology

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

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