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quietude

[ kwahy-i-tood, -tyood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state of being quiet; tranquility; calmness; stillness:
After the storm passed, there was a lovely quietude.

quietude

/ ˈkwaɪəˌtjuːd /

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Late Latin quiētūdō, equivalent to Latin quiētus quiet + -tūdō -tude

Am I getting enough quietude to think and read and get the work done?

The shriek of the railroad train does not disturb its quietude, the nearest station being several miles away.

They are happy in silence, order, and quietude, and no place suits them better than the study of a literary man.

Oh, restore to me my maiden quietude, in my nunnery of Subiaco—when the night was so calm in my cell.

Cattle and kine were taken furtively or openly to these very hills and vales where Jim Lough now lived in quietude and peace.

He will never be an ecclesiastical show-man, for his disposition is in the direction of general quietude and good neighbourship.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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