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TACITURN

\tˈasɪtˌɜːn], \tˈasɪtˌɜːn], \t_ˈa_s_ɪ_t_ˌɜː_n]\

Definitions of TACITURN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Not apt to speak; disinclined to talk.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Habitually tacit or silent: not fond of talking: reserved in speech.
TACITURNLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Habitually silent; reserved in speech.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Silent; reserved.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Characterized by silence or disinclination to conversation. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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