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quietsome

quietsome adjective: characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil.

Adjective

quietsome (comparative more quietsome, superlative most quietsome)

  1. (archaic) Characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil
    • Let no false treason seek us to entrap, / Nor any dread disquiet once annoy / The safety of our joy; / But let the night be calm and quietsome, / Without tempestuous storms or sad affray, / Like as when Jove with fair Alcmena lay, …1810 (original 1595), Edmund Spenser, John Aikin, Hymns. Visions. Elegiac poems
    Synonyms:
    stillsome

Synonyms of quietsome

Forms of quietsome

comparativemore quietsome
superlativemost quietsome

Origin of quietsome

From quiet + -some.

Questions about quietsome

What does quietsome mean?
Quietsome means characterised or marked by quietness; calm; still; tranquil.
What part of speech is quietsome?
Quietsome is an adjective.

Words near quietsome in the dictionary

  1. quietly
  2. quietness
  3. quietnesses
  4. quiets
  5. quiets down
  6. quietsome
  7. quietude
  8. quietudes
  9. quietus
  10. quietuses
  11. quietway

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