QUIESCENT

PRONUNCIATION: (kwee-ES-uhnt, kwy-)

MEANING: adjective: Still; inactive; not showing symptoms.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quiescere (to rest), from quies (quiet). Earliest documented use: 1605.

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QUIRESCENT -
1, the smell of newly opened paper
2. the smell of singers' robes

QUI-ESCIENT - Who knows?