HyperDic: quietus

English > 1 sense of the word quietus:
NOUNstatequietus, rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleepeuphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
English > quietus: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningeuphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb).
Synonymsrest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep
BroaderdeathThe absence of life or state of being dead
Spanishsueño eterno

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