taciturn
adjEtymology
Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).
- derived from taciturnus
- derived from taciturne
- derived from taciturnitās
- inherited from taciturnite
Definitions
Silent
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.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at taciturn. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at taciturn. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at taciturn
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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