quietude

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

• enPR: kwī ' ĭ - to͞od, -tyo͞od

quietude (usually uncountable, plural quietudes)

1. tranquility
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 169:

     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...

   • 1947 November and December, B. K. Cooper, “Steam Working in the Brighton District”, in Railway Magazine, page 381:

     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.

• (tranquility): peace, serenity, tranquility

• quiet
• quietness

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

quietude f (uncountable)

1. quietude, tranquility

   Synonyms: calma, paz, serenidade, sosego, tranquilidade

   Antonyms: axitación, desasosego, inquietude

• quieto

Borrowed from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētūtem, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
• Hyphenation: qui‧e‧tu‧de

quietude f (plural quietudes)

1. quiet (absence of movement or sound)

• quieto