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quiescent.

Inactive, quiet, at rest.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kwaɪˈɛsənt//kwiˈɛsənt/[kwaɪ̯ˈɛsn̩t][kwiˈɛsn̩t]
  1. Inactive, quiet, at rest.

    The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.
  2. Not sounded; silent.

    The k is quiescent in "knight" and "know".
  3. Non-proliferating.

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem.

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