Definitions for quietuses

quietuses qui·e·tus

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

Quietuses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in quietuses (eeiqsstuu).

Definitions for quietuses

noun

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

Origin of quietuses

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 quietuses

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."

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for quietuses
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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