English Explanatory Dictionary

taciturnity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The trait of being taciturn.
  2. Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up.

Word forms

taciturnity taciturnities

Etymology

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

Translations

Catalan: taciturnitat Czech: mlčenlivost Dutch: zwijgzaamheid French: taciturnité German: Schweigsamkeit Greek: εχεμύθεια Greek: ολιγολογία Greek: λακωνικότητα Italian: taciturnità Portuguese: taciturnidade Serbo-Croatian: šutljivost Serbo-Croatian: mučaljivost Spanish: taciturnidad Swedish: tystlåtenhet Swedish: fåordighet Swedish: ordkarghet Turkish: sessizlik Turkish: suskunluk Ukrainian: мовчазність
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