Meaning of QUIETUS
| Pronunciation: | | kwI'eetus
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| | Definition: | | [n] euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" |
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| | Synonyms: | | eternal rest, eternal sleep, rest, sleep |
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| | See Also: | | death | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Qui*e"tus\, n. [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at
rest, quiet, dead. See {Quiet}, a., and cf. {Quit}, a.]
Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation;
that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
When he himself might his quietus make With a bare
bodkin. --Shak.
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