inquiet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquietare: compare French inquiéter. See quiet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪŋˈkwaɪət/
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Verb
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
Related terms
References
- “inquiet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kjɛ/
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “inquiet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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