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Today's Word "taciturn"

Not inclined to talk on

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taciturn \TAS-uh-turn\ (adjective) - Habitually silent; not inclined to talk.

"A normally taciturn sort, Mike was surprisingly voluble that evening when the topic of public health care was brought up."

 

Taciturn comes from Latin taciturnus, from tacere, "to be silent."


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