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“Quads, those troublesome curves that cause muscleheads to walk with bent knee.”

— Muscle Power (1958)

quad, n.8 colloquial (originally North American). The quadriceps muscle. Frequently in plural. Also quad muscle.

Quintessence

‘Quintessence’ is French for The Fifth Element (1997), directed by Luc Besson and starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich.

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“It is a kind of Alchymical Quintessensing a heauen out of earth.”

— Thomas Nashe, 'Christs teares ouer Ierusalem' (1593)

quintessence, v. Now rare. 1. transitive. To extract the quintessence of or from (something). Usually in figurative context. †2. transitive. To take (out) of or from (something) as a quintessence. Obsolete.