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Word of the Day for Saturday, May 30, 2009taciturn \TAS-uh-turn\, adjective: Habitually silent; not inclined to talk. On stage she seemed to become transformed, and the contrast was even more noticeable given her shy, taciturn character, shrouded in the impalpable veil of gloom that always surrounded her. A balding, stocky, taciturn man who wore glasses, he gave an impression of distance and seriousness. In the company of even his close literary and political friends he was shy if not taciturn. Taciturn comes from Latin taciturnus, from tacere, "to be silent." | |||||||
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