2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Taciturnity \Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnit['e].] Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking. [1913 Webster] The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster] The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: taciturnity n : the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary [syn: {reserve}, {reticence}]
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