quiescent

[ kwee-es-uhnt, kwahy- ]

adjective

1. being at rest; inactive or motionless; quiet; still:

   a quiescent mind.

   Synonyms: latent, dormant, inert, inactive

quiescent

/ kwɪˈɛsənt /

adjective

1. quiet, inactive, or dormant

Derived Forms

• quiˈescence, noun
• quiˈescently, adverb

Other Words From

• qui·es·cent·ly adverb
• qui·es·cence [kwee-, es, -, uh, ns, kwahy-], qui·es·cen·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of quiescent¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin quiēscent- (stem of quiēscēns, present participle of quiēscere ), equivalent to qui-, base meaning “rest, quiet” + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of quiescent¹

C17: from Latin quiescere to rest

Example Sentences

“How [increased blood return] would stimulate the completely quiescent myocardium … is not readily apparent,” he wrote.

From The Daily Beast

Maybe deep in our brains, a few bacteria are nestled near some quiescent virus and a touch of fetal DNA?

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Egypt is no longer the quiescent subordinate partner it once was.

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Moreover, we found that the view that the movement has become quiescent is fundamentally wrong.

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While he stood, apparently quiescent, in the clutch of his adversary, he still held his hand on his sword.

From Project Gutenberg

Still the country remained quiescent: it was known that the picture was fictitious, and men refused to be dismayed.

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He stood upright and quiescent, betraying by neither sign nor movement that her words could hurt him.

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The quiescent arm presents no evidence to the mind concerning its shape, size, or color.

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With the continuity of actualization we would behold greatness, in quiescent condition.

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