Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Uttering few words; saying little.
Wiktionary
- adj. Using few words when speaking.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Uttering few words; brief in speech.
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pauciloquent’.
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7762 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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harmonygritz's Cross Words
Words discovered while doing puzzles. Includes puns, e.g. taper vs. tapir.
hodad, hart, avocet, cahier, blackbird, brace, fetor, Bren, Rialto, bijou, liveried, stentor and 60 more...
sionnach Taciturn as the tomb.
Aug 21, 2009
john From Wordnik: "Uttering few words; saying little." Aug 18, 2009
oroboros Pauciloquent is as pauciloquent does! Aug 18, 2009
oroboros Pauciloquent as a clam. Aug 18, 2009