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Encyclopedia Britannica



QUICK

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 749 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PYR-RAY
QUICK , a word which, by origin, and in early and many surviving uses, meant " living," " alive." It is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. keck, lively, Du. kwik, and Dan. kvik; cf. also Dan. kvaeg, cattle. The
original
  root is seen in Skt. jiva; Lat. vivus, living, alive; Gr. (.3los,
life
 . In its
original
  sense the
chief
  uses are such as " the quick and the dead," of the Apostles' Creed, a " quickset " hedge, i.e. consisting of slips of living
privet
 ,
thorn
 , &c., the " quick," i.e. the tender parts of the flesh under hard skin or particularly under the nail. The phrase " quick with child " is a conversion of with a quick, i.e. living child. From the sense of having full
vigour, living or lively qualities or movements, the word got its
chief
  current meaning of possessing rapidity or
speed
  of
movement
 , mental or
physical
 . It is thus used in the names of things which are in a constant or easily aroused
condition
  of
movement
 , e.g. " quicksand," loose water-logged sand, readily yielding to
weight
  or pressure, and " quicksilver," the common name of the metal mercury (q.v.).


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