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disquiet

English

Etymology

dis- +? quiet.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?kwa??t/
  • Rhymes: -a??t
  • Hyphenation: dis?quiet

Noun

disquiet (countable and uncountable, plural disquiets)

  1. Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
    Synonyms: anxiety, disturbance, restlessness, uneasiness

Translations

Adjective

disquiet (comparative more disquiet, superlative most disquiet)

  1. (chiefly obsolete) Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
    • 1669, anonymous [Robert Fleming], The Fulfilling of the Scripture, or An Essay Shewing the Exact Accomplishment of the Word of God in His Works of Providence, Performed and to be Performed. For Confirming the Beleevers, and Convincing the Atheists of the Present Time. Containing in the End a Few Rare Histories of the Works and Servants of God in the Church of Scotland, [Rotterdam: s.n.], OCLC 9818801; republished as The Fulfilling of the Scripture, in Three Parts. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, Glasgow: Printed by Stephen Young, Prince's-Street, 1801, OCLC 561020060, page 234:
      How rare is it for men to get their lot in the world brought up to their de?ire? but are ?till at ?ome jar with their pre?ent condition, ?o that oft there needs no more to turn men discontent but the thought of ?ome lot, which they apprehend more ?ati?fying than their own, the want whereof turns them more di?quiet than all their enjoyments are plea?ing; []
    • 1719, “Robinson Crusoe” [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Suprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years, All Alone in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, whereon All the Men Perished but Himself. With an Account how He Was at Last as Strangely Deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself, London: W. Taylor, OCLC 752551201; republished as The Wonderful Life, and Most Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York; Mariner. Containing a Full and Particular Account How He Lived Eight and Twenty Years in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America: How His Ship was Lost in a Storm, and All His Companions Drowned; and How He was Cast upon the Shore by the Wreck. With a True Relation How He was at last Miraculously Preserved by Pyrates. Faithfully Epitomized from the Three Volumes, and Adorned with Cutts Suited to the Most Remarkable Stories, London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red Lion, in Pater noster Row; R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun, in Amen-Corner; and J. Hodges, at the Looking-glass, on London-Bridge, 1737, OCLC 559894466, page 51:
      From this place it was that i u?ed to go often to view my boat; and now i ?hall relate a thing that gave me the mo?t di?quiet of any thing i had ever met with, ?ince my fir?t coming into the i?land. [] [O]ne day, as i was going to my boat, as u?ual, i perceived on the ?and, the print of a man's naked foot, and had i ?een an apparition, i could not have been more terrified.

Derived terms

  • disquieting
  • disquietude

Verb

disquiet (third-person singular simple present disquiets, present participle disquieting, simple past and past participle disquieted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.

Synonyms

  • unquiet (now rare)
  • unsettle

Translations

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solicitude

English

Etymology

From Old French sollicitude, from Latin sollicit?d? (anxiety), from sollicitus, solicitus (anxious, solicitous). See solicitous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s??l?s??t(j)u?d/
  • Hyphenation: so?lic?i?tude

Noun

solicitude (usually uncountable, plural solicitudes)

  1. The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
  2. Special or pronounced concern or attention.
  3. A cause of anxiety or concern.

Related terms

  • solicit
  • solicitation
  • solicitor
  • solicitous

Translations

Further reading

  • solicitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • solicitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • solicitude at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • isodulcite, leucitoids

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