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taciturnity
(encz) | taciturnity,nemluvnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Taciturnity
(gcide) | Taciturnity \Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F.
taciturnit['e].]
Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.
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The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural
diffidence in the company of strangers. --V. Knox.
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The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so
much offense. --Macaulay.
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taciturnity
(wn) | taciturnity
n 1: the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering
anything more than necessary [syn: reserve, reticence,
taciturnity] |
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Taciturnity
(gcide) | Taciturnity \Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, 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.
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