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requiescent

/ˌɹɛkwiˈɛsənt/

requiescent adjective: quiescent; quiet; at rest.

Adjective

requiescent (comparative more requiescent, superlative most requiescent)

  1. (uncommon) Quiescent; quiet; at rest.
    • Confidence he must have had, in the highest, in his own resources, or he could never have believed himself able, after putting down the Norman faction by Saxon arms, to resume his own place at the head of his feudal nobility, and replace the nobility in their predominating height of pride above the...1857 February 7, Henry William Herbert, “William the Red”, in Ballou's Pictorial, volume XII, number 6, Boston, page 86, column 3
    • Weep, oh ye kindred spirits, weep,
      That haunt the air, the earth, the deep;
      And where in peace thy Byron slumbers,
      Pour the requiescent numbers.1865, Mary Anne Reeve, “On the Death of Lord Byron”, in Lays from the West, London: Hall, Smart & Allen, page 21

Examples of requiescent in a sentence

  • Truly, this is an hour for rest, for all nature is in a requiescent mood1881, “Big Valley Township”, in History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, San Francisco: Slocum, Bowen & Co., page 160:
  • The requiescent Yates seemed to share a sardonic smile with the rug.1989, Walter Wangerin Jr., “The Shepherd Who Came In from the Cold”, in William Griffin, editor, Carnage at Christhaven, Harper & Row...

Forms of requiescent

comparativemore requiescent
superlativemost requiescent

Origin of requiescent

Borrowed from Latin requiēscēns (“resting, reposing, sleeping”), present participle of requiēscere, from re- + quiēscō (“rest, repose”).

Words that rhyme with requiescent

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Questions about requiescent

What does requiescent mean?
Requiescent means quiescent; quiet; at rest.
How do you use requiescent in a sentence?
Truly, this is an hour for rest, for all nature is in a requiescent mood
What part of speech is requiescent?
Requiescent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce requiescent?
Requiescent is pronounced /ˌɹɛkwiˈɛsənt/.

Words near requiescent in the dictionary

  1. requiescat in pace
  2. requiescats
  3. requiesce
  4. requiescence
  5. requiescences
  6. requiescent
  7. requietories
  8. requietory
  9. requight
  10. requighted
  11. requighting

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