Definitions
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- adjective Not
talkative ;taciturn ;reticent . - adjective That cannot be talked of;
unspeakable .
Etymologies
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un- + talkable
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Examples
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The scintillating and playful essayist whom you pictured to yourself as the most genial and entertaining of companions, turns out to be a shy and untalkable individual, who chills you with his reticence when you chance to meet him.
Ponkapog Papers. 1904
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The scintillating and playful essayist whom you pictured to yourself as the most genial and entertaining of companions, turns out to be a shy and untalkable individual, who chills you with his reticence when you chance to meet him.
Ponkapog Papers Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871
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