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adjective
1.
making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
2.
free, or comparatively free, from noise: a quiet street.
3.
silent: Be quiet!
4.
restrained in speech, manner, etc.; saying little: a quiet person.
5.
EXPANDfree from disturbance or tumult; tranquil; peaceful: a quiet life.
6.
being at rest.
7.
refraining or free from activity, especially busy or vigorous activity: a quiet Sunday afternoon.
8.
making no disturbance or trouble; not turbulent; peaceable: The factions remained quiet for twenty years.
9.
motionless or moving very gently: quiet waters.
10.
free from disturbing thoughts, emotions, etc.; mentally peaceful: a quiet conscience.
11.
said, expressed, done, etc., in a restrained or unobtrusive way: a quiet reproach; a quiet admonition.
12.
not showy or obtrusive; subdued: quiet colors.
13.
COLLAPSEnot busy or active: The stock market was quiet last week.
verb (used with object)
14.
to make quiet.
15.
to make tranquil or peaceful; pacify: to quiet a crying baby.
16.
to calm mentally, as a person.
18.
to silence.
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Quieted
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used without object)
19.
to become quiet (often followed by down).
Origin:
1350–1400; (adj.) Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (see quiescent); (v.) Middle English quieten, partly derivative of the adj., partly < Late Latin quiētāre, derivative of quiētus. Compare coy
1350–1400; (adj.) Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (see quiescent); (v.) Middle English quieten, partly derivative of the adj., partly < Late Latin quiētāre, derivative of quiētus. Compare coy
Related forms
qui·et·er, noun
qui·et·ly, adverb
qui·et·ness, noun
un·qui·et·ed, adjective
un·qui·et·ing, adjective
Synonyms
2. See still1. 5. calm, serene. 9. unmoving. 14. still, hush, silence. 15, 17. lull, soothe.
2. See still1. 5. calm, serene. 9. unmoving. 14. still, hush, silence. 15, 17. lull, soothe.
Antonyms
2. noisy. 5. perturbed. 9. active.
2. noisy. 5. perturbed. 9. active.
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Word Origin & History
quiet
c.1300, from O.Fr. quiete, from L. quies (gen. quietis) "rest, quiet," from PIE base *qwi- "rest" (cf. Goth. hveila, O.E. hwil "space of time;" see while). The adj. is attested from 1382; the verb is first attested 1440. Quietism is attested from 1687, on model of mysticism,
EXPANDoriginally in ref. to the mysticism of Molinas (1640-97), Sp. priest in Rome, whose "Guida spirituale" was published 1675 and condemned by the Inquisition in 1685. Quietude is from 1597.
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