WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
qui•es•cent /kwiˈɛsənt, kwaɪ-/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- being at rest;
quiet;
still;
inactive or motionless:a quiescent mind.
qui•es•cent
(kwē es′ənt, kwī-),USA pronunciation adj.
qui•es′cent•ly, adv.
qui•es′cence, qui•es′cen•cy, n.
- being at rest;
quiet;
still;
inactive or motionless:a quiescent mind.
- Latin quiēscent- (stem of quiēscēns, present participle of quiēscere), equivalent. to qui-, base meaning "rest, quiet'' + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent
- 1600–10
qui•es′cence, qui•es′cen•cy, n.
- dormant, latent.
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