taciturn
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- adjective Habitually untalkative. See Synonyms at silent.
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- In his ordinary intercourse with his friends and counselors his Majesty manifested much coldness of manner; he became taciturn, and entire hours passed without any one present having the courage to begin a conversation. — Recollections of the private life of Napoleon
- For one supposed to be stolid and taciturn, the Indian makes a good deal of noise at times. — Last of the Great Scouts The Life Story of William F Cody
- Boone remained taciturn, his clear, eagle-eye scanning the palisade, and the direction from which the savages would be most likely to come. — Wild Western Scenes
- But he was taciturn, and rarely spoke even to his own family, and spent on them almost less money than words. — The Love Affairs of Great Musicians
- Dr. Xia became increasingly taciturn, and she instinctively avoided him. — WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA
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- French taciturne, from Old French, from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus, silent; see tacit.
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/ (tăsˈĭ-tûrnˌ)/
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