quietus
/kwaɪˈiːtəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe."
- "The very unromantically accoutred form of a keen-visaged, middle-aged female, padding heavily in bedroom slippers along the garden walk, gave its quietus to the situation."
- "When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?"
- "After a good deal of firing, and lying in wait - for every time he heard a shot down he'd go, and on coming to the surface, would only expose about two or three inches of his nose to fire at - we managed to give him his quietus."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *kʷyeh₁-