About The Word Taciturn
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Taciturn
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What's The Definition Of Taciturn?
[adj] habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Synonyms | Synonyms for Taciturn: buttoned-up | reticent | untalkative Related Terms | Find terms related to Taciturn: See Also | concise | incommunicative | uncommunicative Taciturn In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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