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单词 quietless
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quietlessadj.

Brit. /ˈkwʌɪətlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkwaɪətlᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quiet n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < quiet n. + -less suffix. Compare earlier quietful adj.
Chiefly poetic.
Devoid of quiet or peacefulness.
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1821 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 274/1 It was dreadful..to be the continual sport of the quietless billows.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 274 The moon..comes haunting the cold earth..quietless.
1860 De Bow's Rev. Dec. 694 It was dreadful to be chained in the middle of the deep—to be the continual sport of the quietless billows—to be shunned as a fatal thing by those who traversed the solitary ocean.
1936 E. Lowbury in Poetry Rev. 27 119 Calmly we moved again, calm as we came, I, quietless, watching the coaches glide Coffinlike outside, a funeral train.
2003 M. T. C. Cronin Beautiful, Unfinished 27 So much sadness in which the waters of an ocean are contained The quietless night speaks this pain fearlessly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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