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taciturn (TAS-i-tuhrn) adjective

   Temperamentally untalkative.

[From Latin taciturnus (quiet), from tacitus (silent), past participle of
tacere (to be silent).]

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=taciturn

-Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)

  "The voiceover may be the best way to express the taciturn main
   character's ideas and desires, no matter how awkward it seems."
   Daniel Neman; Review: Perfume; Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia);
   Jan 5, 2007.

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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/taciturn.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/taciturn.ram

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