4 dictionary results for: Quietus
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qui·e·tus
[kwahy-ee-tuh
s] Pronunciation Key
[kwahy-ee-tuh
s] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -tus·es.
| 1. | a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left. |
| 2. | discharge or release from life. |
| 3. | a period of retirement or inactivity. |
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| qui·e·tus
(kwī-ē'təs) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Short for Middle English quietus (est), (he is) discharged (of an obligation), from Medieval Latin quiētus (est), from Latin, (he is) at rest; see quiet.] |
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| quietus | |
noun | |
| euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn: rest] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Quietus
Qui*e"tus\, n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.] Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. --Shak.
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