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calm(2) (iou) and quicksand (oh)


calm(2) (iou)



calm noun1. [k¨»:m] LME.
[Perh. from popular Latin alt. (cf. medieval Latin calmus adjective, calmacio(n-)) of late Latin cauma from Greek kauma heat (of the day or sun), by assoc. with Latin calere be warm.]
Stillness, tranquillity, quiet, serenity, (of the weather, air, or sea, of (esp. social or political) conditions or circumstances, of the mind or behaviour). LME.
An absence of wind; a period of stillness or tranquillity. E16.

quicksand (oh)



wet sand that is dangerous because you sink down into it if you try to walk on it
a bad situation that keeps getting worse, and that you cannot escape from