quietude

[ kwahy-i-tood, -tyood ]
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noun
  1. the state of being quiet; tranquility; calmness; stillness: After the storm passed, there was a lovely quietude.

Origin of quietude

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Late Latin quiētūdō, equivalent to Latin quiētus quiet + -tūdō -tude

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How to use quietude in a sentence

  • The shriek of the railroad train does not disturb its quietude, the nearest station being several miles away.

  • They are happy in silence, order, and quietude, and no place suits them better than the study of a literary man.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
  • Oh, restore to me my maiden quietude, in my nunnery of Subiaco—when the night was so calm in my cell.

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • Cattle and kine were taken furtively or openly to these very hills and vales where Jim Lough now lived in quietude and peace.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • He will never be an ecclesiastical show-man, for his disposition is in the direction of general quietude and good neighbourship.

British Dictionary definitions for quietude

quietude

/ (ˈkwaɪəˌtjuːd) /


noun
  1. the state or condition of being quiet, peaceful, calm, or tranquil

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