stillth
/stɪlθ/
stillth noun: the state, quality, or condition of being still; stillness; tranquility; peace.
Noun
stillth (uncountable)
- The state, quality, or condition of being still; stillness; tranquility; peace.
- And suddenly the magic of this place — the fragrance and the stillth and the peace of it — took Dicky by the throat.1921, Gilbert Frankau, The seeds of enchantment
- […] a battle rages in the old pile again tonight. "Will no stilth ever come to bad auld Fergus Keep?" a man of the roads once said to me, when I stopped to rest on a bridge high above the gorge of White Abbey. He was maundering and mouthing about battles and thirst, in one breath.1953, James Reynolds, James Reynolds' Ireland
Forms of stillth
| alternative form | stilth |
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Origin of stillth
From Middle English stilthe, from Old English *stilþ, *stillþ, *stillþu (“stillness”), from Proto-Germanic *stilliþō (“stillness, quietness”), equivalent to still + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian stilte (“silence, stillness, quietness”), Dutch stilte (“silence, stillness, quietness”), Low German stilte (“quietness”), Old High German stillida (“quietness”).
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Questions about stillth
- What does stillth mean?
- Stillth means the state, quality, or condition of being still; stillness; tranquility; peace.
- What part of speech is stillth?
- Stillth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stillth?
- Stillth is pronounced /stɪlθ/.
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