Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inquietude

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: in-qui-etude
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A condition of being restless, uneasy or nervous.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Yet, I confess, my frankness has involved me in many after thoughts and inquietudes; inquietudes, which all my reasoning is, at times, insufficient to allay."
"The consciousness of having done amiss, had exposed her to a thousand inquietudes, and made her captious and irritable to a degree that must have been—that had been—hard for him to bear."
"Even as he spoke, steps were heard near the apartment; and while the eyes of both were turned with inquietude on the expected intruder, Lord Lovel entered: […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inquiētūdō.

Usage

Inflected Forms

inquietudes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

inquiet quietude

Synonyms

edginess uneasiness disquietude

Questions

What does inquietude mean?: A condition of being restless, uneasy or nervous.
Where does inquietude come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin inquiētūdō.

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