TACITURNITY

taciturnity. Taciturnity, n. habitual silence, reserve, secrecy

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Tac′i‐tur″ni‐ty (?), n. [[L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité.]] Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking. The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay.