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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Taciturnity

· Tac·i·tur·ni·ty · IPA
01 n. Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.
  1. 1.
    Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking.
    “The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers.” — V. Knox.
    “The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense.” Macaulay.