Taciturn

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/
• US IPA: /ˈtæsɪtɝn/

Origin

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

Full definition of taciturn

Adjective

1. Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.
• 1813, s:Author:Jane Austen, s:Pride and Prejudice, We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.

Synonyms

• (silent) reticent, untalkative

Antonyms

• (silent) garrulous, loquacious

Derived terms

• taciturnity
• taciturnly

Related terms

• tacit
• tacitly
• tacitness

Anagrams

• tinctura, urticant