Found 2 hits - Term: taciturnity, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
taciturnity \tac`itur"nity\, 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
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
taciturnity
n : the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering
anything more than necessary syn: reserve, reticence
see also:
reserve reticence
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