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Grammar : Adj
Spell : tas-i-turn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæs ɪˌtɜrn



Definition of taciturn

Origin :
  • "habitually silent," 1771, back-formation from taciturnity.
  • adj uncommunicative
Example sentences :
  • She was as taciturn as ever, speaking scarcely a half-dozen words.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • But you know what Mr Merdle is; you know how taciturn and reserved he is.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Janzen, for his part, was as taciturn as his friend Bache was garrulous.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I know just what sort of a person he is—sombre and taciturn.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Meg, white-faced and taciturn, went back to Wren's End on Tuesday night.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • The old man, a taciturn Provencal, was in no haste to answer.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Makola, taciturn and impenetrable, despised the two white men.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • He was a very good sailor, I believe, taciturn and intelligent.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • Levy hardly knew him for the shy, taciturn playfellow of his boyhood.
  • Extract from : « The New Land » by Elma Ehrlich Levinger
  • Anastasia on her return found her aunt unusually reserved and taciturn.
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

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