quietude
11QUIÉTUDE — n. f. T. du langage mystique Tranquillité, repos. La grâce, l’amour de Dieu met l’esprit dans une entière quiétude, donne une entière quiétude d’esprit. Oraison de quiétude. Il s’emploie aussi dans le langage ordinaire. Vivre à la campagne dans… …
12quietude — quiet, quietness, quietude The most commonly used of these nouns is quiet, which denotes a state of silence or tranquillity (the quiet that precedes a storm / a period of peace and quiet). Quietness also has this meaning but tends to denote… …
13quietude — [[t]kwa͟ɪ͟ətjuːd, AM tuːd[/t]] N UNCOUNT Quietude is quietness and calm. [FORMAL] Syn: tranquillity …
14quietude — noun a state of calmness and quiet. Origin C16: from Fr. quiétude or med. L. quietudo, from L. quietus quiet …
15quietude — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin quietudo, from Latin quietus Date: 1597 a quiet state ; repose …
16quietude — /kwuy i toohd , tyoohd /, n. the state of being quiet; tranquillity; calmness; stillness; quiet. [1590 1600; < LL quietudo, deriv. of L quietus QUIET2; see TUDE] * * * …
17quietude — noun tranquillity Syn: peace, serenity, tranquility …
18quietude — Synonyms and related words: Buddha like composure, Oriental calm, arrangement, array, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, calm disposition, calm of mind, calmness, composure, conciseness, concord, contemplation,… …
19quietude — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of emotional agitation: calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, serenity, tranquillity. See CALM …
20quietude — qui|e|tude [ˈkwaıətju:d US tu:d] n [U] formal calmness, peace, and quiet = ↑calm …
