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adjective

Quiescent adj.

Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.

Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. "In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism... is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist."

(Gram.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."

noun

Quiescent n. (Gram.) A silent letter.

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Etymology of 'Quiescent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Quiescent" Quotes from Famous Books

... the feeding of the salts to the ocean arises from the slower work of meteorological and organic agencies attacking the molecular constitution of the rocks; processes which best proceed where the drainage is sluggish and the quiescent conditions permit of the development of abundant ...

— The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays • J. (John) Joly

... determined advantages. In Egypt there are dogs which have become wild. Having shaken off the yoke of man, which in the East affords them little or no support, they lead an independent life. During the day they remain quiescent in desert spots or ruins, and at night they prowl about like jackals, hunting living prey or feeding on abandoned carcasses. There are hills which have in a manner become the property of these animals. They have founded villages there, and allow no one to approach. ...

— The Industries of Animals • Frederic Houssay

... calls and receptions. Life quickly began to fall back into its well-defined grooves; if there was anything unusual, every one made an effort to pass it by without notice. The city was conspicuously in this mind. American rule was accepted in the quiescent temper with which men and women accept weather which may or may not be agreeable, but which is known to be unavoidable. Americans were coming by hundreds and by thousands: and those Mexicans who could not make up their minds to become Texans, and to assimilate with the new elements ...

— Remember the Alamo • Amelia E. Barr

... disposition," said she, "and one to this day I feel it impossible to understand: how for nine years you could be patient and quiescent under any treatment, and in the tenth break out all fire and ...

— Jane Eyre - an Autobiography • Charlotte Bronte

... agent, both in ordinary and extraordinary respiration. In its quiescent state it presents its convex surface towards the thorax, and its concave one towards the abdomen. The anterior convexity abuts upon the lungs; the posterior concavity is occupied by some of ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

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