Taciturnity

Taciturnity
Taciturnity Tac`i*tur"ni*ty, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnit['e].] Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking. [1913 Webster]

The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]

The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]


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  • taciturnity — (n.) mid 15c., from M.Fr. taciturnité, from L. taciturnitatem (nom. taciturnitas) a being or keeping silent, from taciturnus disposed to be silent, from tacitus silent (see TACIT (Cf. tacit)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Taciturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taciturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 silence silence muteness obmutescence Sgm: N 1 taciturnity taciturnity pauciloquy costiveness| curtness Sgm: N 1 reserve reserve reticence &c.(concealment) 528 …   English dictionary for students

  • taciturnity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Reserve in speaking Nouns 1. taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, reticence, reserve, closeness, curtness; silence, muteness, pauciloquy, laconicism; secrecy, concealment. 2. man or woman of few words,… …   English dictionary for students

  • taciturnity — taciturn ► ADJECTIVE ▪ reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. DERIVATIVES taciturnity noun taciturnly adverb. ORIGIN Latin taciturnus, from tacitus silent …   English terms dictionary

  • taciturnity — noun see taciturn …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • taciturnity — /tas i terr ni tee/, n. 1. the state or quality of being reserved or reticent in conversation. 2. Scots Law. the relinquishing of a legal right through an unduly long delay, as by the silence of the creditor. [1400 50; late ME < L taciturnitas,… …   Universalium

  • taciturnity — noun The trait of being taciturn …   Wiktionary

  • taciturnity — tac·i·tur·ni·ty || ‚tæsɪ tÉœrnÉ™tɪ / tɜːn n. tendency to be silent and uncommunicative, reticence …   English contemporary dictionary

  • taciturnity — n. Reserve, closeness, reticence, habitual silence, uncommunicativeness …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • taciturnity — n 1. reticence, uncommunicativeness, unconversableness, reserve, shyness; quietness, silence, silentness, tacitness, speechlessness, voicelessness, muteness; distantness, aloofness, stand offishness, unsociability, unsociableness. 2. dourness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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