Definitions
Etymologies
- First word of the Latin phrase requiēscat in pāce ("may he/she rest in peace"). The Latin word requiēscat means "he may rest" and is a form of the Latin verb requiēscō ("I rest, I repose"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin, third person sing. present subjunctive of requiēscere, to rest : re-, re- + quiēscere, to rest; see kweiə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“She sings a "requiescat" for the soul of her dear bird, and recounts all his pretty ways --”
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour
“Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli, D.D., requiescat in pace:”
“Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Prof. Otto A. Bird, requiescat in pace:”
“It depends if Ken gets the powers he needs but I ` m pretty sure he will. requiescat in pace Islignton”
“Burke's Corner: Virtue in politics - William F. Buckley Jnr, requiescat in pace skip to main”
Virtue in politics - William F. Buckley Jnr, requiescat in pace
“The final insult was his pronunciation of the Latin phrase in pace requiescat.”
“Virtue in politics - William F. Buckley Jnr, requiescat in pace”
“Thx t0 awl teh bery, bery kind Cheezpeeps, simpathey messaging fur Gizmo “Jengis teh Cat” requiescat in pace.”
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“Rigor mortis et requiescat in pacem da nobis hodie malandrae et delincuelciae.”
“So to President Ronald Reagan - requiescat in pace. posted by sydney on”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘requiescat’.
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LIT - Ulysses - key words and phrases
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The Latin Doctor is Greek to me
Biology Students, Gladiators, Devil Dogs & Harry Potter
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250 More Spelling Words
More words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
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phrontistery-r
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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Last Words
Endings, results, and pinnacles. The ideal here is to somehow imply the paradoxical concept of "after-endings".
consequence, aftermath, finality, outcome, postmundane, endgame, redound, cloture, bourne, meridian, memento mori, psychopomp and 72 more...
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Latinate
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ADW1
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Jigsaw Codex
List? What list?
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favorite words
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Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers
Titles of Surrealist artworks.
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Words/Phrases that have crossed my path
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glossa magica
anything supernatural
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sleepythief's favorite words:
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