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inquietude

[ in-kwahy-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. restlessness or uneasiness; disquietude.
  2. inquietudes, disquieting thoughts:

    beset by myriad inquietudes.



inquietude

/ ɪnˈkwaɪət; ɪnˈkwaɪɪˌtjuːd /

noun

  1. restlessness, uneasiness, or anxiety


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Derived Forms

  • inˈquietly, adverb
  • inquiet, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inquietude1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word inquiētūdō. See in- 3, quietude

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Example Sentences

Leave inquietude and remorse to those corrupt women who have cause to reproach themselves, or who have crimes to expiate.

A general rising and inquietude to look out for Mrs. Berlinton, gave Edgar, at length, an opportunity to stand next to Camilla.

The countenance of an upright man always gives inquietude to knaves.

This astonishment would have been carried to inquietude had I then known what the old creature was preparing for me.

But I dread the weakness and inquietude natural to every man, and, above all, to a man of his character.

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