quietude

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkwaɪ.ɪ.t(j)uːd/

Definition of quietude

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)tranquility
    “But the castle was not destined to remain long in its present quietude. One morning Lord Avonleigh received a packet from London, whose contents filled him with joy...”
    “Stopping steam services on the West Coast line from Brighton are confined to the Horsham push-pull trains, which diverge at Shoreham to seek the rural quietude of Bramber, Steyning, Henfield, and Partridge Green, with a run by the banks of the Adur as a pleasant prelude.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French quiétude, from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).

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