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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwahy-ee-tuh s
Phonetic Transcription : kwaɪˈi təs



Définition of quietus

Origin :
  • "discharge, clearing of accounts," 1530s, short for Medieval Latin phrase quietus est "he is quit" (see quit). Hence, "death" (i.e. "final discharge"), c.1600. Latin quies also was used for "the peace of death."
  • noun defeat
Example sentences :
  • It was in the second of those rooms that I nearly got my quietus.
  • Extract from : « A Thin Ghost and Others » by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
  • Now that's impossible, seeing that the night porter got his quietus also.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
  • She felt that "she herself might her quietus make with a bare bodkin."
  • Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
  • Which step should I take first—the quietus, of 'curds-and-whey,' or the courtship?
  • Extract from : « The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector » by William Carleton
  • I gave in my account about the sick and wounded, in order to have my quietus.
  • Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2) » by John Evelyn
  • To see Jake get his quietus from so unexpected a quarter was a tonic in itself.
  • Extract from : « Fighting Byng » by A. Stone
  • These ghosts, like the ghosts of Nature's "Laws," are receiving their quietus.
  • Extract from : « Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure » by Edward Carpenter
  • It might be well said that discipline has received its quietus.
  • Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin
  • Dr. Finishem has given me my quietus, like an honest fellow.
  • Extract from : « The True History of Tom and Jerry » by Charles Hindley
  • A fracture of the rope or the falling of a piece of rock might give the explorer his quietus.
  • Extract from : « The Jenolan Caves » by Samuel Cook

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