tranquillity
See also: Tranquillity
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tranquillity (usually uncountable, plural tranquillities)
- The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:
- Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.
Usage notes
[edit]- The spelling tranquillity is more common in the UK (less common in the US), while tranquility is more common in the US (less common in the UK).
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the state of being tranquil
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Further reading
[edit]- “tranquillity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tranquillity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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