QUIETUS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • she was laid to rest beside her husband
    • they had to put their family pet to sleep
    Hypernyms(s) quietus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower