quiet

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Making little or no noise.

   The library was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

2. 2
   adj

   Not talking much; reserved by nature.

   He's a quiet man, but very friendly once you know him.

3. 3
   adj

   Calm and without much activity.

   We spent a quiet evening at home.

4. 4
   verb

   To make someone or something calm or less noisy.

   She spoke softly to quiet the frightened child.

Common collocations

• quiet evening Adjective + noun
• quiet street Adjective + noun
• quiet grace Adjective + noun

From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".

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