Associations to the word «Quine»

Wiktionary

QUINE, noun. (computing) A program that produces its own source code as output.
QUINE, verb. (philosophy) To deny the existence or significance of something obviously real or important.
QUINE, verb. To append something to a quotation of itself.

Dictionary definition

QUINE, noun. United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats