quiescent
[kwee-es-uhnt, kwahy-]
adjective
being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
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asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, immobile, inert, inoperative, latent, motionless, passive, quiet, stagnant, still, slumbering
Nearby words
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- quiet lung
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
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Word Origin for quiescent
C17: from Latin quiescere to rest
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quiescent
c.1600, from Latin quiescentem (nominative quiescens), present participle of quiescere, inchoative verb formed from quies "rest, quiet" (see quiet (n.)).
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