Stillth

//stɪlθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being still; stillness; tranquility; peace. uncountable

    "And suddenly the magic of this place — the fragrance and the stillth and the peace of it — took Dicky by the throat."

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tranquillity

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"And suddenly the magic of this place — the fragrance and the stillth and the peace of it — took Dicky by the throat."

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”).

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