inquiet

[in-kwahy-uht]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

1. to destroy the peace of; disturb; disquiet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inquiet¹

1375–1425; late Middle English inquieten < Latin inquiētāre. See in- ³, quiet

Example Sentences

"No, it is not a mortal thing which my eyes perceived, when in them was reflected, for the first time, the light of thine; but in thy look, my soul, inquiet, because it mounts towards its object without repose, has conceived the hope of finding her peace."

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In future it must become a stranger, at least in looks and conversation, to her whom he loved with an inquiet fervour.

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"I fancied it was something like that," Lucinda commented, unsuspiciously enough but in a thoughtful tone open to misconstruction by an inquiet conscience.

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And below this inquiet face, whose mobile nostrils breathe in the unknown and the impossible, glitters, with an unspeakable grace, the smile of a large mouth; white, red, and delicious; a mouth that makes one dream of the miracle of some superb flower unclosing in a volcanic land.

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In we went, asked for the proprietor, and saw a small, rosy-cheeked little man, with a big wig, and a very inquiet, restless look in his eyes.

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