taciturnity

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Freq #373883

Meanings

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noun
The habit of saying very little.

His taciturnity made it hard to know what he was thinking.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the habit of saying very... uncommunicativeness

Etymology

From Middle English taciturnite, or alternatively from taciturn + -ity; both ultimately from Latin taciturnitās.

taciturnite Middle English taciturnitās Latin

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