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QUIETUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quietus mean?
• QUIETUS (noun)
The noun QUIETUS has 1 sense:
1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Familiarity information: QUIETUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
eternal rest; eternal sleep; quietus; rest; sleep
Context example:
they had to put their family pet to sleep
Hypernyms ("quietus" is a kind of...):
death (the absence of life or state of being dead)
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