inquietude

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a state or feeling of uneasiness, anxiety, or restless concern

   A growing inquietude spread through the household as midnight approached.

From Late Latin inquietudo ("restlessness, disturbance"), from Latin inquietus ("unquiet, disturbed"), formed from in- ("not") + quietus ("quiet"). English has used it since the Middle English period, chiefly in literary prose.

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