inquiet

American  

[in-kwahy-uht] / ɪnˈkwaɪ ət /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

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

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Etymology

Origin of inquiet

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

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Example Sentences

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inquiet

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

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

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

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance

The old chap collapsed on my shoulder and cried like a baby, saying over and over: "J'étais si inquiet: j'étais si inquiet!"

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson

But one could see that her inquiet hands, which were folded on her lap, had been worn by many a washing-day.

From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

That was it, something rich and strange, like some old cloister into which one might turn from an inquiet and hubbubby street ...

From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

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