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taciturnity

Roget-categorie 585

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means

#585. Taciturnity

zelfstandig naamwoord

silence, muteness, obmutescencetaciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness, curtnessreserve, reticence etc. (concealment) 528.
man of few words.

werkwoord

be silent etc. adj. — keep silence, keep mumhold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jawnot speak.
etc. 582say nothing, keep one's counselseal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouthput a bridle on one's tonguebite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teethmake no sign, not let a word escape onekeep a secret etc. 528not have a word to sayhush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips render mute etc. 581.
stick in one's throat.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

silent, mute, mumsilent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave etc. (still) 403dumb etc. 581unconversable.
taciturn, sparing of wordsclosetonguedcostive, inconversable, curtreservedreticent etc. (concealing) 528.

tussenwerpsel

shush!, tush!, silence!, mum!, hush!, chut! , hist!, tut!, chup! , mum's the wordkeep your mouth shut! [Vulg.].

uitdrukking

cave quid dicis quando et cui [Lat.]volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It].

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