quiescent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   causing no pathological symptoms

   The doctor was happy to inform me that my tumor was quiescent.

2. 2
   adj

   being quiet, still or inactive

   The villagers were happy the nearby volcano was quiescent.

3. 3
   adj

   marked by a state of tranquil repose

   The quiescent melancholy of the towns in rural New England is palpable.

4. 4
   adj

   Inactive, quiet, at rest.

   The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.

Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem.

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