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man of few words en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A man who doesn't speak much; a habitually terse or taciturn man.
   • Tarzan but nodded his head. He was a man of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man. 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fight in the Desert”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 106:

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woman of few words

Translations (14)

fi vaitelias mies (man who doesn't speak much) · he לֹא אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (man who doesn't speak much) · ga duine/fear tostach (man who doesn't speak much) · ka სიტყვაძუნწი (man who doesn't speak much) · de Schweiger (man who doesn't speak much) · is fámáll maður (man who doesn't speak much) · es hombre parco en palabras (man who doesn't speak much) · es hombre de pocas palabras (man who doesn't speak much) · fr homme de peu de mots (man who doesn't speak much) · nl geen man van veel woorden (man who doesn't speak much) · cmn 沉默寡言的男人 (man who doesn't speak much) · cmn 沈默寡言的男人 (man who doesn't speak much) · pt homem de poucas palavras (man who doesn't speak much) · it uomo di poche parole (man who doesn't speak much)