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quietus

N การ สิ้นสุดลง  จบ ลง  rest kan-sin-sud-long

 

quietus

N ช่วง เกษียน อายุ  ช่วงเวลา อัน เงียบสงบ  peaceful period retired period chuang-ka-sin-ar-yu

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIETUS

n.[L.] Rest; repose; death; hence, a final discharge or acquittance; that which silences claims.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUIETUS

Qui *e "tus, n. Etym: [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.]

 

Defn: Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig. ) rest; death. When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quietus

qui e tus |ˈkwīətəs kwaɪˈiːtəs | noun ( pl. quietuses ) death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life. archaic something that has a calming or soothing effect. ORIGIN late Middle English: abbreviation of medieval Latin quietus est he is quit (see quit 1 ), originally used as a form of receipt or discharge on payment of a debt.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quietus

quietus |kwʌɪˈiːtəs | noun ( pl. quietuses ) literary death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life. archaic something that has a calming or soothing effect. ORIGIN late Middle English: abbreviation of medieval Latin quietus est he is quit (see quit 1 ), originally used as a form of receipt or discharge on payment of a debt.