1894 Brewer’s / Q / Q.P
Quantum placet. Two letters used in prescriptions, meaning the quantity may be as little or much as you like. Thus, in a cup of tea we might say “Milk and sugar q.p.”
· ·
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.