Quiescent
[kwee-es-uh nt, kwahy-] /kwiˈɛs ənt, kwaɪ-/
adjective
1.
being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless:
a quiescent mind.
/kwɪˈɛsənt/
adjective
1.
quiet, inactive, or dormant
adj.
c.1600, from Latin quiescentem (nominative quiescens), present participle of quiescere, inchoative verb formed from quies “rest, quiet” (see quiet (n.)).
quiescent qui·es·cent (kwē-ěs’ənt, kwī-)
adj.
Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive.
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