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taciturnity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taciturnity \Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf F. taciturnit['e].] Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. --V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: taciturnity n : the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary [syn: {reserve}, {reticence}]
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