Dictionary

taciturnity en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English taciturnite, or alternatively from taciturn + -ity; both ultimately from Latin taciturnitās.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The trait of being taciturn.
   • Gernois’ cordiality was short-lived. No sooner had they ridden out of sight of Captain Gerard and his men than he lapsed once more into his accustomed taciturnity. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 78:
   • Once he is back on the bench, will Justice Thomas revert to his usual taciturnity? 2021 May 3, Adam Liptak, “Justice Clarence Thomas, Long Silent, Has Turned Talkative”, in The New York Times:
   • Humphries broke out more freely into speech than he had done before, for his usual characteristic was that of taciturnity. 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter VI, page 69:
   • "[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]" 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
2. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up.

Forms

Translations (22)

sv fåordighet (state of being taciturn) · pl milkliwość (state of being taciturn) · sh mučaljivost (state of being taciturn) · it taciturnità (state of being taciturn) · ca taciturnitat (state of being taciturn) · pl milczenie (state of being taciturn) · sv ordkarghet (state of being taciturn) · pt taciturnidade (state of being taciturn) · tr sessizlik (state of being taciturn) · tr suskunluk (state of being taciturn) · nl zwijgzaamheid (state of being taciturn) · pl małomówność (state of being taciturn) · sh šutljivost (state of being taciturn) · es taciturnidad (state of being taciturn) · el εχεμύθεια (state of being taciturn) · el λακωνικότητα (state of being taciturn) · el ολιγολογία (state of being taciturn) · sv tystlåtenhet (state of being taciturn) · uk мовчазність (state of being taciturn) · fr taciturnité (state of being taciturn) · cs mlčenlivost (state of being taciturn) · de Schweigsamkeit (state of being taciturn)