Definition of TACITURN

taciturn

Adjective

  • Habitually silent or reserved in conversation; uncommunicative.
  • habitually reserved and uncommunicative

Adj

  • Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

Examples

  • The TACITURN Scrabble player rarely spoke, letting her high scores do all the talking.
  • The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.

Origin / 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”).

Scrabble Score: 10

taciturn: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
taciturn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
taciturn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

taciturn: valid Words With Friends Word