stillth

noun
/stɪlθ/

Etymology

From Middle English stilthe, from Old English *stilþ, *stillþ, *stillþu (“stillness”), from Proto-Germanic *stilliþō (“stillness, quietness”), equivalent to still + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian stilte (“silence, stillness, quietness”), Dutch stilte (“silence, stillness, quietness”), Low German stilte (“quietness”), Old High German stillida (“quietness”).

  1. inherited from *stilliþō — “stillness, quietness
  2. inherited from *stilþ
  3. inherited from stilthe

Definitions

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being still

    The state, quality, or condition of being still; stillness; tranquility; peace.

    • And suddenly the magic of this place — the fragrance and the stillth and the peace of it — took Dicky by the throat.
    • Whenever I was in deep thought in the stillth of a night in longing for the mainland, it seemed that a voice was calling in the dark.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stillth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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