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QUI'ETNESS, n. 1. A state of rest; stillness. 2. Calm; tranquility; as the quiet...
QUI'ETLY, adv. 1. In a quiet state; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to l...
QUI'ETIST, n. One of a sect of mystics, originated by Molino, a Spanish priest, ...
QUI'ETISM, n. Peace or tranquility of mind; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; i...
QUI'ETING, ppr. Reducing to rest or stillness; appeasing; tranquilizing.
QUI'ETER, n. The person or thing that quiets.
QUI'ETED, pp. Made still; calmed; pacified.
QUI'ET, a. [L. quietus.] 1. Still; being in a state of rest; now moving. Judg 16...
QUIES'CENT, a. [L. quiescens.] 1. Resting being in a state of repose; still: not...
QUIES'CENCE, QUIES'CENCY, n. [L. quiescens, quiesco. See Quiet .] 1. Rest; repos...
QUIESCE, v.i. quiess'. [L. quiesco.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
QUID'NUNC, n. [L. what now.] One who is curious to know every thing that passes;...
QUID'DITY, n. [L. quid, what.] 1. A barbarous term used in school philosophy for...
QUID'DIT, n. [L. quidlibet.] A subtilty; an equivocation. [Not in use.]
QUID'DATIVE, a. Constituting the essence of a thing.
QUID'DANY, n. [L. cydonium.] Marmalade; a confection of quinces prepared with su...