Definitions for acquiescent

acquiescent ac·qui·es·cent

Spelling: [ak-wee-es-uh nt]
IPA: /ˌæk wiˈɛs ənt/

Acquiescent is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 24 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 626 anagrams from letters in acquiescent (acceeinqstu).

Definitions for acquiescent

adjective

  1. disposed to acquiesce or consent tacitly.

Origin of acquiescent

First recorded in 1745-55, acquiescent is from the Latin word acquiēscent- (stem of acquiēscēns, present participle of acquiēscere). See acquiesce, Examples for acquiescent

He was full of the new possibilities, and his wife was acquiescent.

He hurls at you this book of his own deeds that it may smite you into acquiescent admiration.

He had intended that the smile should be acquiescent, but it had been as cold as steel.

I wandered around aimlessly for a while, then gave the goose to an acquiescent hippy on a barge.

Skinner, the acquiescent one, putting his foot down like that!

An acquiescent fool for a son-in-law, a kind of gentlemanly valet!

But this acquiescent murmur made him long to smooth it down.

Andy shrugged his shoulders, and gave an acquiescent whistle.

Her state of mind was strangely quiescent and acquiescent in all that was done to her or for her.

It was his custom to laugh a great deal, in his acquiescent, wilful manner.

Word Value for acquiescent
Scrable

24

Words with friends

28

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