Word of the Day for Friday, February 12, 2010
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quietus \kwy-EE-tuhs\, noun:
quietus \kwy-EE-tuhs\, noun:
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1. Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation.
1. Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation.
2. Removal from activity; rest; death.
3. Something that serves to suppress or quiet.
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The B.O. needs to put a quietus on this whole ObamaCare thing!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Quietus is from Medieval Latin quietus (est), "(it is) at rest" (said of an obligation that has been discharged), from Latin quietus, "at rest."
Quietus is from Medieval Latin quietus (est), "(it is) at rest" (said of an obligation that has been discharged), from Latin quietus, "at rest."
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