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Webster 1913 Edition
Taciturnity
Tacˊi-tur′ni-ty
,Noun.
[L.
taciturnitas
: cf. F. taciturnité
.] Habitual 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Taciturnity
TACITURN'ITY
,Noun.
Habitual silence or reserve in speaking.
Too great loquacity, and too great taciturnity by fits.