QUAQUAVERSAL

PRONUNCIATION: (kwah-kwuh-VUR-sal)

MEANING: adjective: Sloping downward from a center in all directions.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quaquaversus, from quaqua (in all directions), from qua (in what direction) + versus (towards), from vertere (to turn). Earliest documented use: 1691.
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QUAQUAHERSAL - practice for the stage production of Make Way For Ducklings

QUADQUAVERSAL - the joint between the driveshaft and the axle on a 4x4 vehicle

QUAQUAMERSAL - a preservative for vaccines made in duck eggs