inquiet
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin inquietare: compare French inquiéter. See quiet.
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Verb edit
inquiet (third-person singular simple present inquiets, present participle inquieting, simple past and past participle inquieted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To disquiet.
- 1530-1531, King Henry VIII, Public Act 22:
- His saide subiectes […] shall [not] be sued, vexed, nor inquieted in theyr bodies goodes landes nor cattalles
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References edit
- “inquiet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin inquiētus.
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Adjective edit
inquiet (feminine inquieta, masculine plural inquiets, feminine plural inquietes)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin inquiētus. By surface analysis, in- + quiet.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
inquiet (feminine inquiète, masculine plural inquiets, feminine plural inquiètes)
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Further reading edit
- “inquiet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.