stillth

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

stilth alternative

词源

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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