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tac⋅i⋅turn

  [tas-i-turn]
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–adjective
1. inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
2. dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.
Origin:
1765–75; < L taciturnus, quiet, maintaining silence, equiv. to tacit(us) silent (see tacit ) + -urnus adj. suffix of time

Related forms:
tac⋅i⋅turn⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. silent, uncommunicative, reticent, quiet.
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tac·i·turn   (tās'ĭ-tûrn')   
adj.  Habitually untalkative. See Synonyms at silent.

[French taciturne, from Old French, from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus, silent; see tacit.]
tac'i·tur'ni·ty (-tûr'nĭ-tē) n., tac'i·turn·ly adv.
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taciturn 
"habitually silent," 1771, back-formation from taciturnity (1450), 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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