Definitions for quietus

quietus qui·e·tus

Spelling: [kwahy-ee-tuh s]
IPA: /kwaɪˈi təs/

Quietus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in quietus (eiqstuu).

Definitions for quietus

noun

  1. a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles:
  2. discharge or release from life.
  3. a period of retirement or inactivity.

Origin of quietus

1530-40; Medieval Latin quiētus quit (in quiētus est (he) is quit, a formula of acquittance), Latin: (he) is quiet, at rest (see quiet1); cf. Examples for quietus

The briefest glance at David's productivity and output during his tenure there ought to put the quietus on that canard.

It might be well said that discipline has received its quietus.

Which step should I take first—the quietus, of 'curds-and-whey,' or the courtship?

It was in the second of those rooms that I nearly got my quietus.

Dr. Finishem has given me my quietus, like an honest fellow.

I gave in my account about the sick and wounded, in order to have my quietus.

To see Jake get his quietus from so unexpected a quarter was a tonic in itself.

These ghosts, like the ghosts of Nature's "Laws," are receiving their quietus.

Now that's impossible, seeing that the night porter got his quietus also.

She felt that "she herself might her quietus make with a bare bodkin."

Word Value for quietus
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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