noun Freq #373883

Meanings

  1. 1
    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.

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