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Quidam
() Somebody; one unknown.
Quiddany
() A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
Quiddative
() Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.
Quiddit
() A subtilty; an equivocation.
Quidditative
() Quiddative.
Quiddities
() of Quiddity
Quiddity
() The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?
Quiddity
() A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Quiddled
() of Quiddle
Quiddling
() of Quiddle
Quiddle
() To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.
Quiddle
() Alt. of Quiddler
Quiddler
() One who wastes his energy about trifles.
Quidnunc
() One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on.
Quiesced
() of Quiesce
Quiescing
() of Quiesce
Quiesce
() To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
Quiescence
() Alt. of Quiescency
Quiescency
() The state or quality of being quiescent.
Quiescent
() Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
Quiescent
() Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
Quiescent
() Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in \"day\" and \"say.\"
Quiescent
() A silent letter.
Quiescently
() In a quiescent manner.
Quiet
() In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
Quiet
() Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
Quiet
() Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience.
Quiet
() Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
Quiet
() Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.
Quiet
() The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.
Quiet
() Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.
Quieted
() of Quiet
Quieting
() of Quiet
Quiet
() To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.
Quiet
() To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
Quiet
() To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.
Quietage
() Quietness.
Quieter
() One who, or that which, quiets.
Quietism
() Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
Quietism
() The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.
Quietist
() One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
Quietistic
() Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
Quietly
() In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
Quietly
() Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.
Quietly
() Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
Quietly
() Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
Quietness
() The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.
Quietsome
() Calm; still.
Quietude
() Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
Quietus
() Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.