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taciturn

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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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