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7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
originShort for Medieval Latin quiētus est (literally “he is quiet”). First attested in the 1530s. Earlier attested as Late Middle English quietus est. Doublet of coy, quiet, quit, and quite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- quiets 15
- tuques 15
- quest 14
- quiet 14
- quist 14
- quite 14
- quits 14
- squit 14
- tuque 14
- usque 14
- quit 13
- qis 12