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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TACITURNITY

n.[L. taciturnitas, from taceo, to be silent. ] Habitual silence or reserve in speaking.
Too great loquacity, and too great taciturnity by fits.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TACITURNITY

Tac `i *tur "ni *ty, n. Etym: [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

taciturnity

tac i tur ni ty /tæ̀sɪtə́ː r nəti /名詞 U 無口, 無言 .