taciturnity
taciturnity · taciturnities
мовчазність
Schweigsamkeit
The trait of being taciturnThe trait of being taciturn.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The trait of being taciturn.
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
(Scotland, countable, uncountable)Failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies that it is being given up.
Schweigsamkeit
мовчазністьmovčaznistʹ
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
state of being taciturn:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of being taciturn:
Origin
From Middle English taciturnite, or alternatively from taciturn + -ity; both ultimately frFrom Middle English taciturnite, or alternatively from taciturn + -ity; both ultimately from Latin taciturnitās.
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Forms
plural: taciturnities| Singular | taciturnity |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedtaciturn
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable