Thursday, April 18, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: quiescent

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Apr 18th 2013, 23:31

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# [[inactive|Inactive]], at rest, [[quiet]].

  

# [[inactive|Inactive]], at rest, [[quiet]].
 

#: ''The bats were '''quiescent''' at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.''

  

#: ''The bats were '''quiescent''' at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.''
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#* Professor Wilson
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#*: In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism {{...}} is so '''quiescent''' that it seems hardly to exist.
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# {{grammar}} Not sounded; silent.
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#: ''The y is '''quiescent''' in "day" and "say".''
   
 

====Synonyms====

  

====Synonyms====

Latest revision as of 23:31, 18 April 2013

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quiescens, present participle of quiescere, from quies

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkwi.ɛsn̩t/, /ˈkwai.ɛsn̩t/

[edit] Adjective

quiescent (comparative more quiescent, superlative most quiescent)

  1. Inactive, at rest, quiet.
    The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.
    • Professor Wilson
      In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism […] is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist.
  2. (grammar) Not sounded; silent.
    The y is quiescent in "day" and "say".

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Translations

Inactive, at rest, quiet

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

[edit] Verb

quiēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of quiēscō
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