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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taciturn \Tac"i*turn\, a. [L. taciturnus: cf F. taciturne. See
{Tacit}.]
Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or
speak. -- {Tac"i*turn*ly}, adv
Syn: Silent; reserved.
Usage: {Taciturn}, {Silent}. Silent has reference to the act
taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from
circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The
loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn
may now and then make an effort at conversation.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
taciturn
adj : habitually reserved and uncommunicative [ant: {voluble}]
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