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(n.)
The unease of getting the peace you traveled for, but finding it hard to relax enough to enjoy it.
The digital detox retreat guarded against malquietude with sunrise hikes, sound baths, and never a fully empty afternoon.
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Mal-, the Latin and French “bad” of malaise and malady, combined with quietude. Related to disquietude, which is the absence of quiet disturbing you; malquietude is the quiet itself doing it. Pronounced mal-KWY-eh-tood.
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