quietus
/kwʌɪˈiːtəs
/noun (plural quietuses)
1 literary Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.Then there are those who brim with passion not just for the state-approved quietus, but with fury for those who oppose it....
- Not the bloody quietus of Titus or Hamlet or Braveheart; it wasn't frank enough, nor so wrenching.
- His quietus is a great loss not only to the Tatas but also to the whole nation.
1.1 archaic Something that has a calming or soothing effect.
Origin
Late Middle English: abbreviation of medieval Latin quietus est 'he is quit' (see quit1), originally used as a form of receipt or discharge on payment of a debt.
Rhymes
- Heimlich procedure
- Heine, Heinrich
- heinie
- heinous
- heinously
- heinousness
- Heinz, Henry John
- heir
- heir apparent
- heir-at-law
- heirdom
- heiress
- heirless
- heirloom
- heir male of the body
- heir of the body
- heir portioner
- heir presumptive
- heirship
- Heisenberg, Werner Karl
- Heisman Trophy
- heist
- hei-tiki
- Hejaz
- Hejira