TRANQUILLOUS ADJ. free from agitation or disturbance; tranquil, calm, serene, placid, quiet, still, peaceful ...1638 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin tranquillus (tranquil adj.) + -ous FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1638 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Then out of doores with Tarquin, what's he that may fit in a calme valley, and will chuse to repose in a tempestuous mountaine, but a mad-man? that may live in tranquillous pleasures, and will seek out a kingdomes cares, but a mad-man? who would seek innovation in a Common-wealth in publike..." From: The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood (1874) The Rape of Lucrece - Thomas Heywood
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