quiescent

[ kwee-es-uhnt, kwahy- ]

/ kwiˈɛs ənt, kwaɪ- /

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adjective

being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.

Words nearby quiescent

quid pro quo, quidde, quidditch, quiddity, quidnunc, quiescent, quiescent tank, quiet, quiet as a mouse, quiet lung, quiet revolution

Origin of quiescent

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

SYNONYMS FOR quiescent

dormant, latent.

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OTHER WORDS FROM quiescent

qui·es·cent·ly, adverbqui·es·cence, qui·es·cen·cy, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quiescent

quiescent quiet

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Examples from the Web for quiescent

Maybe deep in our brains, a few bacteria are nestled near some quiescent virus and a touch of fetal DNA?
Scientists Find Bacteria Where It Isn’t Supposed to Be: The Brain|Amanda Schaffer|March 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Egypt is no longer the quiescent subordinate partner it once was.
Arab League Urges Palestinian-Israelis To Vote|Ahmed Moor|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This time it would not insert its sting into the quiescent tarantula, but where there was still life.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster
Jack, dragged down by pain, and exhausted in the intervals of each paroxysm was quiescent.
Gabriel Conroy|Bert Harte

I was very much fatigued and was quiescent, not caring to stir, for several hours.
Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902]|Various
Thus the man seems to have lived an eventful life, when his body was, in fact, quiescent and unconscious.
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians|John Wesley Powell
(Hence rest and motion are properties of gross bodies and not of the intellectual soul, which is ever quiescent).
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)|Valmiki

British Dictionary definitions for quiescent

quiescent

/ (kwɪˈɛsənt) /

adjective

quiet, inactive, or dormant

Derived forms of quiescent

quiescence or quiescency, nounquiescently, adverb

Word Origin for quiescent

C17: from Latin quiescere to rest

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quiescent

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adjective

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