quieter

English

Etymology

From quiet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tə/

Adjective

quieter

1. comparative form of quiet: more quiet

Noun

quieter (plural quieters)

1. One who quiets.
   • 2001, Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin, page 269:

     The motives that were previously so powerful now lose their force, and instead of them, the complete knowledge of the real nature of the world, acting as a quieter of the will, produces resignation […]

Anagrams

• requite

Latin

Verb

quiēter

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of quiētor