taciturnity
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taciturnity
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From Middle English taciturnite, or alternatively from taciturn + -ity; both ultimately from Latin taciturnitās.
noun taciturnities
- The trait of being taciturn. Humphries broke out more freely into speech than he had done before, for his usual characteristic was that of taciturnity.
- Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up.
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noun state of being taciturn
| Español | taciturnidad |
|---|---|
| Português | taciturnidade |
| Français | taciturnité |
| Deutsch | Schweigsamkeit |
| Italiano | taciturnità |
| Ελληνικά | εχεμύθεια echemýtheia, ολιγολογία oligología, λακωνικότητα lakonikótita |
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