'Taciturnity' definitions:

Definition of 'taciturnity'

From: WordNet
noun
The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary [syn: reserve, reticence, taciturnity]

Definition of 'Taciturnity'

From: 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]

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