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Quiet in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels quiet as adjective. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913adjective
Quiet

[L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See While, and cf. Coy, a., Quiesce, Quietus, Quit, a., Quite, Requiem.]

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Cross-verified 1913 record
Headwordquiet
Part of speechadjective
Historical etymology[L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See While, and cf. Coy, a., Quiesce, Quietus, Quit, a., Quite, Requiem.]
Selected historical definitionIn a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
Signed record IDwebster1913-quiet-adjective-edad4226f798
Source locatorCIDE.Q, paragraph 854; Gutenberg eBook 666
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 666Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "quiet" is labeled adjective. Its etymology is recorded as: "[L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See While, and cf. Coy, a., Quiesce, Quietus, Quit, a., Quite, Requiem.]" The selected historical definition says: "In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-10-04

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