quieter

English

Etymology

From quiet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ɪ.tə/, /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ɪ.tɚ/, /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tɚ/
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Adjective

quieter

  1. comparative form of quiet: more quiet

Noun

quieter (plural quieters)

  1. 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 […]

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Latin

Verb

quiēter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of quiētor
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