calmness
Variant of calm
calm (käm)
noun
- lack of wind or motion; stillness
- lack of agitation or excitement; tranquillity; serenity
- Meteorol. a condition in which the air movement is less than one mile per hour
Etymology: ME & OFr calme < OIt calma < LL (Vulg.: Job 30:30) cauma, heat, heat of the day (hence, in It, time to rest, quiet: see siesta) < Gr kauma, heat, esp. of the sun < kaiein, to burn; It sp. infl. by L calere, to be hot
adjective
- without wind or motion; still; quiet
- not agitated or excited; tranquil or cool
transitive verb, intransitive verb
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