First Known Use: 1540
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quietus
noun qui·etus \kwī-ˈē-təs, -ˈā-\
Definition of QUIETUS
1
: final settlement (as of a debt)
2
: removal from activity; especially : death
3
: something that quiets or represses <put the quietus on their celebration>
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Origin of QUIETUS
Middle English quietus est, from Medieval Latin, he is quit, formula of discharge from obligation
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