"taciturn" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtæsɪtɝn/ [US] Audio: en-us-taciturn.ogg [US] Forms: more taciturn [comparative], most taciturn [superlative]
Etymology: Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”). Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|taciturnity}} Back-formation from taciturnity, {{inh|en|enm|taciturnite}} Middle English taciturnite, {{der|en|la|taciturnitās}} Latin taciturnitās, {{der|en|fr|taciturne}} French taciturne, {{der|en|la|taciturnus}} Latin taciturnus, {{m|la|tacitus|t=secret, tacit}} tacitus (“secret, tacit”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} taciturn (comparative more taciturn, superlative most taciturn)
  1. Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak. Categories (topical): Personality, Silence, Talking Derived forms: taciturnity, taciturnly Related terms: tacit, tacitly, tacitness, incommunicado, tight-lipped, discreet, secretive, concise, stern Translations (untalkative, silent): ἐχέμυθος (ekhémuthos) (Ancient Greek), σιωπητικός (siōpētikós) (Ancient Greek), маўклі́вы (maŭklívy) (Belarusian), негаманлі́вы (njehamanlívy) (Belarusian), нетавары́скі (njetavarýski) (Belarusian), мълчали́в (mǎlčalív) (Bulgarian), необщи́телен (neobštítelen) (Bulgarian), taciturn (Catalan), 沉默寡言 (chénmòguǎyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 沉默 (chénmò) (Chinese Mandarin), mlčenlivý (Czech), nemluvný (Czech), zwijgzaam (Dutch), silentema (Esperanto), hiljainen (Finnish), jörö (Finnish), taciturne (French), taciturno (Galician), სიტყვაძვირი (siṭq̇vaʒviri) (Georgian), სიტყვაძუნწი (siṭq̇vaʒunc̣i) (Georgian), ენაუთქმელი (enautkmeli) (Georgian), სიტყვაუთქმელი (siṭq̇vautkmeli) (Georgian), სულგაკმენდილი (sulgaḳmendili) (Georgian), სულგანაბული (sulganabuli) (Georgian), უსიტყვო (usiṭq̇vo) (Georgian), schweigsam (German), wortkarg (German), maulfaul (German), verschwiegen (German), kurzsilbig (German), einsilbig (German), sprechfaul (German), mundfaul (German), λακωνικός (lakonikós) (Greek), ολιγόλογος (oligólogos) (Greek), σιωπηλός (siopilós) (Greek), hallgatag (Hungarian), tacera (Ido), tacema (Ido), taciturno (Italian), 無口な (mukuchi na) (alt: むくちな) (Japanese), 寡黙な (kamoku na) (alt: かもくな) (Japanese), taciturnus (Latin), ќутлив (ḱutliv) (Macedonian), молчалив (molčaliv) (Macedonian), whakarikiriki (Maori), hauarea (Maori), hauwarea (Maori), کم حرف (kam harf) (Persian), کم گوی (kam guy) (Persian), małomówny (Polish), milczący (Polish), milkliwy (Polish), taciturno (Portuguese), taciturn (Romanian), молчали́вый (molčalívyj) (Russian), неразгово́рчивый (nerazgovórčivyj) (Russian), необщи́тельный (neobščítelʹnyj) (Russian), шу̀тљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), муча̀љив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), неразговорљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), šùtljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mučàljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nerazgovorljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mlčanlivý (Slovak), molčeč (Slovene), taciturno (Spanish), fåordig (Swedish), tystlåten (Swedish), ordkarg (Swedish), ordknapp (Swedish), мовчазни́й (movčaznýj) (Ukrainian), мовчазли́вий (movčazlývyj) (Ukrainian), нетовари́ський (netovarýsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)

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        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chénmò",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "沉默"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
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        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "nemluvný"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "zwijgzaam"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "silentema"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "hiljainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "jörö"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "taciturne"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "taciturno"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "siṭq̇vaʒviri",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "სიტყვაძვირი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "siṭq̇vaʒunc̣i",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "სიტყვაძუნწი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "enautkmeli",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "ენაუთქმელი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "siṭq̇vautkmeli",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "სიტყვაუთქმელი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sulgaḳmendili",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "სულგაკმენდილი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sulganabuli",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "სულგანაბული"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "usiṭq̇vo",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "უსიტყვო"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "schweigsam"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "wortkarg"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "maulfaul"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "verschwiegen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "kurzsilbig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "einsilbig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "sprechfaul"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "mundfaul"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lakonikós",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "λακωνικός"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oligólogos",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "ολιγόλογος"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "siopilós",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "σιωπηλός"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ekhémuthos",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "ἐχέμυθος"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "siōpētikós",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "σιωπητικός"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "hallgatag"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "tacera"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "tacema"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "taciturno"
        },
        {
          "alt": "むくちな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mukuchi na",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "無口な"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かもくな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kamoku na",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "寡黙な"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "taciturnus"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ḱutliv",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "ќутлив"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "molčaliv",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "молчалив"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "whakarikiriki"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "hauarea"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "hauwarea"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kam harf",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "کم حرف"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kam guy",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "کم گوی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "małomówny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "milczący"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "milkliwy"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "taciturno"
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          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "molčalívyj",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "молчали́вый"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nerazgovórčivyj",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "неразгово́рчивый"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neobščítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "необщи́тельный"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "шу̀тљив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "муча̀љив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "неразговорљив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "šùtljiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "mučàljiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "nerazgovorljiv"
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "mlčanlivý"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "molčeč"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "taciturno"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "fåordig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "tystlåten"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "ordkarg"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "ordknapp"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "movčaznýj",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "мовчазни́й"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "movčazlývyj",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "мовчазли́вий"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "netovarýsʹkyj",
          "sense": "untalkative, silent",
          "word": "нетовари́ський"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈtæsɪtɝn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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    }
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}
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      "word": "talkative"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "verbose"
    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "taciturnly"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "taciturnitās"
      },
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "taciturne"
      },
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      },
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "tacitly"
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      "word": "tacitness"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "incommunicado"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "tight-lipped"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "discreet"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "secretive"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "concise"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "stern"
    }
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          "word": "garrulous"
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          "word": "loquacious"
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        "English adjectives",
        "English back-formations",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "en:Silence",
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          "text": "The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18",
          "text": "We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14",
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          "word": "reticent"
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        {
          "word": "untalkative"
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        {
          "word": "taciturn"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈtæsɪtɝn/",
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        "US"
      ]
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "reticent"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "unloquacious"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "untalkative"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "reserved"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "silent"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "silentious"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "maŭklívy",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "маўклі́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njehamanlívy",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "негаманлі́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njetavarýski",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "нетавары́скі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎlčalív",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "мълчали́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neobštítelen",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "необщи́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmòguǎyán",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "沉默寡言"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmò",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "沉默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "mlčenlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "nemluvný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "zwijgzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "silentema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "hiljainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "jörö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siṭq̇vaʒviri",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "სიტყვაძვირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siṭq̇vaʒunc̣i",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "სიტყვაძუნწი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "enautkmeli",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "ენაუთქმელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siṭq̇vautkmeli",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "სიტყვაუთქმელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sulgaḳmendili",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "სულგაკმენდილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sulganabuli",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "სულგანაბული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "usiṭq̇vo",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "უსიტყვო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "schweigsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "wortkarg"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "maulfaul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "verschwiegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "kurzsilbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "einsilbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "sprechfaul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "mundfaul"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lakonikós",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "λακωνικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oligólogos",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "ολιγόλογος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "siopilós",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "σιωπηλός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ekhémuthos",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "ἐχέμυθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "siōpētikós",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "σιωπητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "hallgatag"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "tacera"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "tacema"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturno"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むくちな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mukuchi na",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "無口な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かもくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kamoku na",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "寡黙な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ḱutliv",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "ќутлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "molčaliv",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "молчалив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "whakarikiriki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "hauarea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "hauwarea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kam harf",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "کم حرف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kam guy",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "کم گوی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "małomówny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "milczący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "milkliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "molčalívyj",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "молчали́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nerazgovórčivyj",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "неразгово́рчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neobščítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "необщи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шу̀тљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "муча̀љив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "неразговорљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "šùtljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mučàljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nerazgovorljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "mlčanlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "molčeč"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "taciturno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "fåordig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "tystlåten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "ordkarg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "ordknapp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "movčaznýj",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "мовчазни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "movčazlývyj",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "мовчазли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "netovarýsʹkyj",
      "sense": "untalkative, silent",
      "word": "нетовари́ський"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taciturn"
}

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