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unquietude

unquietude is the rare spelling of inquietude.

Meaning of inquietude

Noun

inquietude (countable and uncountable, plural inquietudes)

  1. A condition of being restless, uneasy or nervous.
    • Yet, I confess, my frankness has involved me in many after thoughts and inquietudes; inquietudes, which all my reasoning is, at times, insufficient to allay.1796, Mary Hays, Marilyn L. Brooks ed., Memoirs of Emma Courtney, published 1999, page 121

Forms of unquietude

pluralunquietudes

Origin of unquietude

From un- + quietude.

Questions about unquietude

What is unquietude the rare spelling of?
Unquietude is the rare spelling of inquietude.

Words near unquietude in the dictionary

  1. unquieting
  2. unquietly
  3. unquietness
  4. unquietnesses
  5. unquiets
  6. unquietude
  7. unquietudes
  8. unquilleted
  9. unquilted
  10. unquirky
  11. unquit

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