different between quiescent vs inanimate
quiescent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin qui?sc?ns (“resting, reposing, sleeping”), present participle of qui?scere, from qui?s (“rest, repose, quiet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kwa??.?sn?t/, /?kwi?.?sn?t/
- Hyphenation: qui?es?cent
Adjective
quiescent (comparative more quiescent, superlative most quiescent)
- Inactive, quiet, at rest.
- 1840, John Wilson, “On the Genius and Character of Burns”, in John Wilson; Robert Chambers, The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of the Scottish Poet. The Landscapes from Paintings made Expressly for the Work, by D[avid] O[ctavius] Hill, Esq., R.S.A. The Literary Department, by Professor Wilson, of the University of Edinburgh; and Robert Chambers, Esq., Author of the “Scottish Biographical Dictionary,” “Picture of Scotland,” Etc. Etc., volume II, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Queen Street, Glasgow; South College Street, Edinburgh; and Warwick Square, London, OCLC 314762618, page ci:
- In times of national security, the feeling of Patriotism among the masses is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist—in their case national glory or national danger awakens it, and it leaps up armed cap-a-pie.
- 1840, John Wilson, “On the Genius and Character of Burns”, in John Wilson; Robert Chambers, The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of the Scottish Poet. The Landscapes from Paintings made Expressly for the Work, by D[avid] O[ctavius] Hill, Esq., R.S.A. The Literary Department, by Professor Wilson, of the University of Edinburgh; and Robert Chambers, Esq., Author of the “Scottish Biographical Dictionary,” “Picture of Scotland,” Etc. Etc., volume II, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Queen Street, Glasgow; South College Street, Edinburgh; and Warwick Square, London, OCLC 314762618, page ci:
- (orthography) Not sounded; silent.
- (cell biology) Non-proliferating.
Synonyms
- (inactive): dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive
- (quiet, at rest): calm, still, tranquil; see also Thesaurus:calm
- (not sounded): servile
Derived terms
- quiescence
- quiescently
Translations
See also
- acquiescent
- quiesce
Latin
Verb
qui?scent
- third-person plural future active indicative of qui?sc?
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inanimate
English
Etymology
in- +? animate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?æn?m?t/
Adjective
inanimate (comparative more inanimate, superlative most inanimate)
- Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
- Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
- (grammar) Not animate.
Synonyms
- (unable to move): immobile, motionless
- (not alive): non-animate, lifeless, insentient, insensate
Antonyms
- (grammar): animate
Translations
Noun
inanimate (plural inanimates)
- (rare) Something that is not alive.
Verb
inanimate (third-person singular simple present inanimates, present participle inanimating, simple past and past participle inanimated)
- (obsolete) To animate.
- 1621, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary
- For there's a kind of world remaining still, Though shee which did inanimate and fill
- 1621, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary
Anagrams
- Mantineia, amanitine, maintaine
Italian
Adjective
inanimate f pl
- feminine plural of inanimato
Latin
Adjective
inanim?te
- vocative masculine singular of inanim?tus
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