Qum

/ (kʊm) /

noun

a variant of Qom

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What does “barren” mean?

a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides.

Worn down by dullness, tedious repetition.

unproductive; unfruitful

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Words nearby Qum

quiz, quiz kid, quizmaster, quiz program, quizzical, Qum, Qumran, Qungur, quoad hoc, quo animo?, quod

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Example sentences from the Web for Qum

Funestum Egmontii finem doluere Belg odio majore, qum luctu.
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain.|William H. Prescott
Et certe securiorem ego, qum sit ista, viam ad imitandum exemplar sacratissim humanitatis Christi nullam novi.
The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm
Itaque non multo plus hodie, qum septem menses hic commorati sumus.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Extrema ibi omnia passus, nihil tamen inhumanum magis, qum Hreticos, expertus est.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. I: Acadia, 1610-1613|Various

Sed arma sumere non ante cuiquam moris, qum civitas suffecturum probaverit.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam

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