quietus C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /kwaɪˈitəs/ UK /kwaɪˈiːtəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun something that ends or settles an affair; death or a final discharge The scandal gave the quietus to his political career. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · something that ends or... deathenddemisedischargereleasefinality Word family Related forms quietquietudequiescentacquit Etymology AI details From Medieval Latin quietus (est) ('he is quit/discharged'), a formula of acquittance, from Latin quietus ('at rest, free'), from quies ('rest'). quietus Latin quies Latin *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # quietus **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kwaɪˈitəs/ **IPA (UK):** /kwaɪˈiːtəs/ ## Meanings 1. something that ends or settles an affair; death or a final discharge ## Examples - The scandal gave the quietus to his political career. ## Synonyms - death - end - demise - discharge - release - finality ## Related Forms - quiet - quietude - quiescent - acquit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: quietus - Root: quies - Root: *kʷyeh₁- ## Etymology From Medieval Latin quietus (est) ('he is quit/discharged'), a formula of acquittance, from Latin quietus ('at rest, free'), from quies ('rest'). ## AI Etymology Quietus is from Medieval Latin quietus (est) ('he is quit/discharged'), a formula of acquittance, from Latin quietus ('at rest, free'), from quies ('rest'). Important recorded forms include quietus (Latin), quies (Latin), and *kʷyeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers something that ends or settles an affair; death or a final discharge. The wider family includes related words such as quiet, quietude, quiescent, and acquit. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown