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- noun The state, quality, or condition of being
still ;stillness ;tranquility ;peace .
Etymologies
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From Middle English stilthe, from Old English *stilþ, *stillþ, *stillþu (“stillness”), from Proto-Germanic *stilliþō (“stillness, quietness”), equivalent to still + -th. Cognate with West Frisian stilte ("silence, stillness, quietness"), Dutch stilte ("silence, stillness, quietness"), Old High German stillida ("quietness").
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