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Is quietus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quietus is a Scrabble US word. The word quietus is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is quietus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quietus is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

QUIETUS,

6-letter words (3 found)

QUIETS,QUITES,TUQUES,

5-letter words (10 found)

ETUIS,QUEST,QUIET,QUIST,QUITE,QUITS,SQUIT,SUITE,TUQUE,USQUE,

4-letter words (11 found)

ETUI,QUIT,SITE,STIE,SUET,SUIT,TIES,TUIS,UTES,UTIS,UTUS,

3-letter words (17 found)

EST,ITS,QIS,SEI,SET,SIT,SUE,SUI,SUQ,TES,TIE,TIS,TUI,USE,UTE,UTS,UTU,

2-letter words (11 found)

ES,ET,IS,IT,QI,SI,ST,TE,TI,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from quietus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quietus

quietus

Etymology

Short for Medieval Latin quiētus est (literally “he is quit”). First attested in the 1530s. Earlier attested as Late Middle English quietus est. Doublet of quiet and coy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwaɪˈiːtəs/

Noun

quietus (usually uncountable, plural quietuses)

  1. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
  2. (figuratively) Death.
  3. Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).

Related terms

  • quiescence
  • quiet
  • quietude

References

Anagrams

  • tiuques

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kʷjētos, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“repose, lie still”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷiˈeː.tus/, [kʷiˈeːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwiˈe.tus/, [kwiˈɛːt̪us]

Participle

quiētus (feminine quiēta, neuter quiētum, comparative quiētior, superlative quiētissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet.
  2. peaceful, neutral.
  3. tranquil, calm.
    Synonyms: misericors, tranquillus, mitis, placidus, clemens
    Antonyms: violēns, obstreperus, clāmātōrius, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, ācer
  4. modest, moderate, unambitious.
  5. inactive, retired from public life.
  6. phlegmatic, stolid.
    Synonym: lentus
  7. excused, absolved of.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

  • quiētō

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • “quietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quietus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quietus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • quietus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quietus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “quietus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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