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* scilent (hyper‐correct, obsolete)
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From Latin _silēnt-_, _silēns_ (“silent”), present participle of _sileō_ (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European _*seil-_ (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Cognate with Gothic
From Latin silēnt-, silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seil- (“still,
windless, quiet, slow”). Cognate with Gothic
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* IPA(key): /ˈsaɪlənt/
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SILENT (_comparative_ SILENTER _or_ MORE SILENT, _superlative_ SILENTEST _or_ MOST SILENT)
* Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
* 1604, William Shakespeare, _Othello_, act 5, scene 1:
How SILENT is this town!
* 1825, Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, _The Works of Samuel Johnson_, Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by MORE SILENT methods.
* 1906, William Dean Howells and Sidney Dillon Ripley, _Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between_, Harper & Brothers, page 152:
The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low […] ; after a pause, which seems no SILENTER than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings.
* Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
* Broome
Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most SILENT of men.
* Milton
This new-created world, whereof in hell / Fame is not SILENT.
* Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
_The wind is SILENT._
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* (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
_The_ e _is silent in_ fable_._
* Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
Cause […] SILENT, virtueless, and dead.
* (technology) Without audio capability.
_The Magnavox Odyssey was a SILENT console._
* Hidden, unseen.
_a SILENT voter; a SILENT partner_
* Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
* Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
SYNONYMS
* See also Wikisaurus:silent
* dumb, mute, quiet, speechless, still, taciturn
DERIVED TERMS
TRANSLATIONS
silent (comparative silenter or more
silent, superlative silentest or most silent)
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Free from sound or noise; absolutely still;
perfectly quiet.
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1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, act
5, scene 1:
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How silent is this town!
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1825, Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
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What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges,
and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.
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1906, William Dean Howells and Sidney Dillon Ripley, Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between, Harper & Brothers, page 152:
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The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low […] ; after a pause, which seems no silenter than the rest of the transaction,
he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings.
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Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
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Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
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The wind is silent.
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(pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
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The e is silent in fable.
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Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
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(technology) Without audio capability.
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The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.
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Hidden, unseen.
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a silent voter; a silent partner
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Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
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Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
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* silent in _Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary_, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
* silent in _The Century Dictionary_, The Century Co., New York, 1911
* silent at _OneLook Dictionary Search_
Que a categoria em ENGLISH - ANAGRAMS
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* enlist
* inlets
* leints
* listen
* tinsel
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* lisent
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