quieter

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkwaɪ.ɪ.tə//
United Kingdom//ˈkwaɪ.ə.tə//
United States//ˈkwaɪ.ɪ.tɚ//
United States//ˈkwaɪ.ə.tɚ//

One who quiets.

adjective

1
Also a form of quietcomparative form of quiet: more quiet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētusder. French quietder. Middle English quiete English quiet Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English quieter From quiet + -er.

noun

1
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 […]

Forms

plural: quieters

quickly · Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.quid · The inherent nature of something.quiet · With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.

quieter · One who quiets.

quietly · Producing little or no noise.quill · The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking…Quill · A surname from Irish.

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