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reposeful

adj

Etymology

From repose + -ful.

  1. borrowed from repos
  2. derived from repos — “calm; rest; period or state of sleep; state of immobility; state of inaction”
  3. derived from repos
  4. derived from repous
  5. inherited from repose
  6. derived from *peh₂w-✻ — “few, little; smallness”
  7. derived from παῦσῐς — “ceasing, stopping”
  8. derived from repausāre
  9. derived from reposer
  10. derived from reposer
  11. derived from reposer
  12. inherited from reposen — “to rest”
  13. suffixed as reposeful — “repose + ful”

Definitions

  1. Providing repose, restful.

    • The reposeful, easy, affluent life to which her mother's marriage had introduced her was, in truth, the beginning of a great change in Elizabeth.

  2. Having an appearance of repose, peaceful.

    • […] he showed in face that humane look of reposeful good nature which the Greek sculptor in some instances gave to his heroic strong man, Hercules.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA