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close⋅mouthed

[klohs-mouthd, -moutht]
–adjective
reticent; uncommunicative.

Origin:
1880–85; close + mouth + -ed 3


tight-lipped, diffident, taciturn, secretive.
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closemouthed

adjective
inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" [syn: close
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