Meanings
nounquieter (plural quieters)
plural quieters
- One who quiets.
The motives that were previously so powerful now lose their force, and instead of them, the complete knowledge of the real nature of the world, acting as a quieter of the will, produces resignation […]
2001, Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin, page 269
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷyeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷyéh₁tis
- Proto-Italic*kʷjētis
- Latinquiēs
- Latinquiēscō
- Latinquiētus
- Frenchquiet
- Middle Englishquiete
- Englishquiet
- Englishquieter
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APA
quieter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quieter
MLA
“quieter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quieter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quieter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quieter.
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