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• quietus — (n.) discharge, 1530s, short for Latin phrase quietus est he is quit (see QUIT (Cf. quit)) …   Etymology dictionary

• quietus — ► NOUN (pl. quietuses) 1) literary death or a cause of death, regarded as a release from life. 2) archaic something calming or soothing. ORIGIN from Latin quietus est he is quit (see QUIT(Cf. ↑quit)), originally used as a receipt on payment of a… …   English terms dictionary

• quietus — [kwī ēt′əs] n. [< ME quietus (est) < ML, (he is) quit < L, QUIET] 1. discharge or release from debt, obligation, or office 2. discharge or release from life; death 3. anything that kills 4. anything that serves to quiet, curb, or end an… …   English World dictionary

• quietus — /kwuy ee teuhs/, n., pl. quietuses. 1. a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left. 2. discharge or release from life. 3. a period of retirement or inactivity. [1530 40; < ML… …   Universalium

• quietus — noun Etymology: Middle English quietus est, from Medieval Latin, he is quit, formula of discharge from obligation Date: 1540 1. final settlement (as of a debt) 2. removal from activity; especially death 3. something that quiets or represses < put …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• quietus — qui•e•tus [[t]kwaɪˈi təs[/t]] n. pl. tus•es 1) a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles 2) release from life 3) a period of inactivity • Etymology: 1530–40; < ML quiētus quit (in quiētus est (he) is quit, a formula of… …   From formal English to slang

• quietus — /kwaɪˈitəs/ (say kwuy eetuhs) noun 1. a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: to give a quietus to a rumour. 2. discharge or release from life. {Medieval Latin: quit (in quiētus est he is quit, a formula of acquittance),… …  

• quietus — /kwayiytas/ In old English law, quit; acquitted; discharged. A word used by the clerk of the pipe, and auditors in the exchequer, in their acquittances or discharges given to accountants; usually concluding with an abinde recessit quietus… …   Black's law dictionary

• quietus — qui|e|tus [kwaıˈi:təs, kwiˈeıtəs US kwaıˈi:təs] n [singular] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: quietus est he is free of debts or duties ] 1.) the death of a person 2.) the end of something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quietus — [kwʌɪ i:təs] noun (plural quietuses) 1》 literary death or a cause of death, regarded as a release from life. 2》 archaic something calming or soothing. Origin ME: abbrev. of med. L. quietus est (see quit), orig. used as a form of receipt on… …   English new terms dictionary