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单词 quiety
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quietyn.

Brit. /ˈkwʌɪəti/, U.S. /ˈkwaɪəti/
Forms: 1500s quietie, 1500s 1700s– quiety; also Scottish pre-1700 quiete, pre-1700 quietie, pre-1700 quyetie.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quieté.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French quieté (1155 in Anglo-Norman or Old French (often difficult to distinguish from quiete ); French quieté quiet n.) < quiete quiet adj. + -té -ty suffix1; compare -iety suffix. Compare post-classical Latin quietas (12th cent.), Spanish quietad (mid 16th cent.), both rare. Compare earlier quiet n., quietness n.
Now rare.
Quietness; calmness, peace, tranquillity.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun]
stillnessc888
roOE
stilth?c1225
lowna1250
peacea1275
restc1350
tranquillityc1374
leea1400
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
quiet?c1450
restfulnessc1450
quiety?a1500
quietation?1504
calm1547
calmness1561
peacefulnessa1566
halcyon1567
repose1577
quietude1598
still1608
hushtness1609
reposedness1616
reposeness1617
serenity1641
undisturbedness1649
indisturbance1660
pacateness1666
sleep1807
tranquilness1818
requiescence1837
reposefulness1872
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 374 in Poems (1981) 18 Blissed be sober feist in quietie.
1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 283 Secreit synnis done in quietie.
a1535 St. John Fisher in Month (1952) Feb. 109 Or also my heart were never in any rightful quiety.
1600 in M. Napier Mem. J. Napier of Merchiston (1834) 308 Thocht it be my quietie..to tak hold of offeret peice yit luving brother niver imbrace dishonorabell agriment.
1790 J. T. Dillon Hist. & Crit. Mem. of Gen. Revol. France 472 In one night, the Court of Rome has been obliged to..finally submit to the decrees of quiety and moderation.
a1893 L. Lang Diary in Century, 1847–1946 (Century Assoc.) (1947) 10 Some of the old gentlemen who did not wish to introduce anything to disturb the quiety of the club.
c1974 in Sunday Territorian (Austral.) (Nexis) (2006) 1 Jan. 34 It is inevitable that the access on the shore area will be severely restricted and the pressure of a freeway will completely destroy the quiety and beauty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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