quieter

English

Etymology

quiet +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tɚ/

Adjective

quieter

  1. comparative form of quiet: more quiet

Noun

quieter (plural quieters)

  1. One who quiets.
    • 2001, Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (page 269)
      The motives that were previously so powerful now lose their force, and instead of them, the complete knowledge of the real nature of the world, acting as a quieter of the will, produces resignation […]

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Latin

Verb

quiēter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of quiētor
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