Tac`i*tur"ni*ty (?), n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnit'e.]
Habilual 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.
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