quieter

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English

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Etymology

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From quiet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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quieter

  1. comparative form of quiet: more quiet

Noun

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quieter (plural quieters)

  1. One who quiets.
    • 2001, Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin, page 269:
      The motives that were previously so powerful now lose their force, and instead of them, the complete knowledge of the real nature of the world, acting as a quieter of the will, produces resignation []

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Latin

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Verb

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quiēter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of quiētor