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Here is Your Word for Today. May 19, 2008 |
Hai!
Pronunciation : kwee-éss-nse 1. The condition of being temporarily inactive 2. Quiet and inactive restfulness NOTE : Early 17th century - Latin quiescent - present participle of quiescere - come to rest abeyance, abeyancy, dormancy, intermission, latency, suspension, quiescency, sleeping action, agility, alacrity • Our company is in a state of affairs that will bring quiescence with cessation of the discomfort. • If gentlemen approach her chair, a deeper quiescence, a meeker modesty settles on her features, and clothes her general mien; observe then her eyebrows, et dites-moi s'il n'y a pas du chat dans l'un et du renard dans l'autre. • She folded herself in the large chair, and leaned her head against it in fatigued quiescence, while Tantripp went away wondering at this strange contrariness in her young mistress--that just the morning when she had more of a widow's face than ever, she should have asked for her lighter mourning which she had waived before. • Deeds will be done; while be boasts his quiescence. • quiescent : Adjective • quiescently : Adverb • quiescency : Noun
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