quiescence

adjective

being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin quiēscent- (stem of quiēscēns, present participle of quiēscere), equivalent to qui-, base meaning “rest, quiet” + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent

Related forms

qui·es·cent·ly, adverb

qui·es·cence, qui·es·cen·cy, noun

Can be confused: quiescent, quiet.

Synonyms
dormant, latent.

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quiescent (kwɪˈɛs^ənt)

—*adj*
	quiet, inactive, or dormant

[C17: from Latin quiescere to rest]

qui'escence

—n

qui'escency

—n

qui'escently

—*adv*

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quiescent (kwɪˈɛs^ənt)

—*adj*
	quiet, inactive, or dormant

[C17: from Latin quiescere to rest]

qui'escence

—n

qui'escency

—n

qui'escently

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

quiescent

1609, from L. quiescens, prp. of quiescere, from quies "rest, quiet" (see while). Quiescence is from 1631.

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quiescent qui·es·cent (kwē-ěs'ənt, kwī-)
adj.
Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive.