Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUI'ET, a. [Fr. quiet, L. quietus, It. quieto, quiet; quietare, to pacify, and quetare, to quiet, and to acquit, to quit; Sp. quieto, quiet; quietar, to appease; quedo, quiet, and quedar, to stop, to leave, to quit; Port. quieto, quiet; queda, a fall, declivity; quedo, quiet. Quiet and quit seem to belong to one radix.]

1. Still; being in a state of rest; not moving. – Judges xvi.
2. Still; free from alarm or disturbance; unmolested; a quiet life. – Shak. In his days the land was quiet ten years. – 2 Chron. xiv.
3. Peaceable; not turbulent; not giving offense; not exciting controversy, disorder or trouble; mild; meek; contented. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. – 1 Peter iii. 1 Thess. iv.
4. Calm; not agitated by wind; as, a quiet sea or atmosphere.
5. Smooth; unruffled. – Shak.
6. Undisturbed; unmolested; as, the quiet possession or enjoyment of an estate. – Blackstone.
7. Not crying; not restless; as, a quiet child.