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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reticent \Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr of reticere to
keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See {Tacit}.]
Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
reticent
adj 1: temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: {untalkative}]
2: cool and formal in manner [syn: {reserved}, {restrained}, {unemotional}]
3: reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: {self-effacing}]
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