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reposefulness

noun

Etymology

From reposeful + -ness.

  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”
  14. suffixed as reposefulness — “reposeful + ness”

Definitions

  1. Quality of being reposeful.

    • The swimmer who is an expert does not exhibit his muscular force by violent movements, but exhibits some power which is invisible and which shows itself in perfect grace and reposefulness.

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