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blunt
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /bl?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt (attested in the derivative Blunta (male personal name) (> English surnames Blunt, Blount)), probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).
Adjective
blunt (comparative blunter, superlative bluntest)
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- the blunt admission that he had never liked my company
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
- December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Synonyms
- (having a thick edge or point): dull, pointless, coarse
- (dull in understanding): stupid, obtuse
- (abrupt in address): curt, short, rude, brusque, impolite, uncivil, harsh
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
blunt (plural blunts)
- A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
- A short needle with a strong point.
- (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
- 2005: to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!” — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 461)
- (Britain, slang, archaic, uncountable) money
- Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt […]
- A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
blunt (third-person singular simple present blunts, present participle blunting, simple past and past participle blunted)
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- It blunted my appetite.
- My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Synonyms
- blunten
Translations
See also
- bluntly
- dull
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *blund, from Proto-Germanic *blundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?lend?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blont/, [bl?nt]
Adjective
blunt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blunde)
- Alternative form of blont
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quiet
English
Etymology
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin qui?tus, past participle of qui?scere (“to keep quiet, rest”). Doublet of coy and quietus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kw?'?t, IPA(key): /?kwa?.?t/
- (weak vowel merger) enPR: kw?'?t, IPA(key): /?kwa?.?t/
- Rhymes: -a??t
Adjective
quiet (comparative quieter or more quiet, superlative quietest or most quiet)
- With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
- Having little motion or activity; calm.
- Not busy, of low quantity.
- Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
- Not showy; undemonstrative.
- (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:quiet.
Synonyms
- (with little sound): See also Thesaurus:silent
- (having little motion): See also Thesaurus:calm
- (not busy): slow, unbusy
- (not talking): See also Thesaurus:taciturn
- (not showy): modest, plain, simple
Antonyms
- loud
- sounded
- vocal
Translations
Verb
quiet (third-person singular simple present quiets, present participle quieting, simple past and past participle quieted)
- To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
- Synonyms: quiet down, quieten
- To cause someone to become quiet.
- Synonyms: quiet down, quieten
Translations
Noun
quiet (plural quiets)
- The absence of sound; quietness.
- the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility
Translations
Interjection
quiet
- Be quiet.
Related terms
Further reading
- quiet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quiet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quiet at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “quiet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- quite
Catalan
Etymology
First attested 1490. From Latin qui?tus, in this form probably a borrowing or a semi-learned term; cf. also the Old Catalan form quet, queda, which was likely inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ki??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ki??t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ki?et/
Adjective
quiet (feminine quieta, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quietes)
- calm, stopped
- quiet
Synonyms
- aturat
- detingut
Related terms
- quedar
Copallén
Noun
quiet
- water
References
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin qui?tus, from qui?s (“rest”). Doublet of coi, which was inherited, and quitte, another borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kj?/
Adjective
quiet (feminine singular quiète, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quiètes)
- (rare, literary) calm, quiet, peaceful, at ease
Synonyms
- See calme
Related terms
- quiétude
Usage notes
Its antonym inquiet is much more common.
Further reading
- “quiet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin qui?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?kjet]
Adjective
quiet m (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quietas)
- calm, stopped
- quiet
Synonyms
- suau
- tranquil
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