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Definition of Taciturnity

1. Noun. The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.

Definition of Taciturnity

1. n. Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.

Definition of Taciturnity

1. Noun. The trait of being taciturn. ¹

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Definition of Taciturnity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taciturnity

Literary usage of Taciturnity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb (1816)
"SILENCE, taciturnity. * THE Latins have the two verbs ... I am fur ^л approving euch a taciturnity; but 1 hirt'j r- prove the eud and intent of ..."

2. English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray by Arthur Howard Galton (1888)
"ON ENGLISH taciturnity; The genius of our language, ever tending to abbreviation, favours it. Est breviate opus, ut currat sententia. HOR. Sat. i. 10. 9. ..."

3. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"... receipts of the original creditor,—stated above, § 31* What ;ngth of silence or taciturnity in the creditor or ..."

4. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1851)
"If so, the plea of taciturnity necessarily falls ; for it depended on knowledge by the pursuer, which the defender faik'd to prove. ..."

5. Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy, Jun., of Massachusetts by Josiah Quincy (1825)
"In taciturnity during the performances, greatly before our ladies; in noise and flirtation after the music is over, pretty much on a par. ..."

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