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taciturnity

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Here are four words I don't know in just the first paragraph: garrulous, taciturnity, voluble, reticence.

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Quick take

the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Meaning at a glance

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noun

the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for taciturnity.

noun

the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

See also: reserve, reticence

Example sentences

1

Here are four words I don't know in just the first paragraph: garrulous, taciturnity, voluble, reticence.

2

I'd suggest that it's not so much the particular words, it's that all the "oddball" words in the sentence are directly Latin-derived -- garrulous, taciturnity, voluble, reticence.

3

I think taciturnity arises from a general "engineering" orientation.

4

I feel like the author was having a lot of fun with his thesaurus:"He has a lifelong habit of collecting garrulous friends and yet a tendency to induce some measure of taciturnity in all but the most voluble of them.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use taciturnity in a sentence?

Here are four words I don't know in just the first paragraph: garrulous, taciturnity, voluble, reticence.

What does taciturnity mean?

the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

What part of speech is taciturnity?

taciturnity is commonly used as noun.