RESTLESS

a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. Chaucer. "Restless revolution day by day." Milton.

2.
a.

Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. "Restless at home , and ever prone to range." Dryden.

3.
a.

Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.

4.
a.

Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.

5.
a.

Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper. Restless thrush. (Zoöl.) See Grinder, 3.

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