Taciturn Definition

tăsĭ-tûrn
adjective
Habitually untalkative.
American Heritage
Almost always silent; not liking to talk; uncommunicative.
Webster's New World
Characterized by reserve or a lack of expression.
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Origin of Taciturn

  • French taciturne from Old French from Latin taciturnus from tacitus silent tacit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French taciturne or Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit").

    From Wiktionary

Taciturn Sentence Examples

  • At dinner the prince usually spoke to the taciturn Michael Ivanovich more often than to anyone else.

  • He was without question a reactionary, morose and taciturn, and spent nearly all his time shut up in his palace.

  • In society Anson seems to have been cold and taciturn.

  • He talked very little, and seemed all the more mysterious for his taciturn manner.

  • The fact that his mom likes to talk, and tends to answer for him, magnifies his taciturn nature.

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