quieter
English
Etymology
quiet + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tɚ/
Adjective
quieter
- comparative form of quiet: more quiet
Noun
quieter (plural quieters)
- 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 […]
- 2001, Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (page 269)
Anagrams
- requite
Latin
Verb
quiēter
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of quiētor