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irreticence

irreticence noun: unreservedness; the property of being irreticent.

Noun

irreticence (countable and uncountable, plural irreticences)

  1. Unreservedness; the property of being irreticent.
    • Quite unmoved these travellers sit reading—Thomas Hardy, perhaps—bridging abysses, preserving continuity, a little contemptuous of the excitement which is moving those who feel themselves liberated from one civilization, launched upon another to such odd gestures, such strange irreticences.1923 June 6, “To Spain”, in The New Republic, volume 35, page 39

Forms of irreticence

pluralirreticences

Origin of irreticence

From ir- + reticence, apparently coined by Virginia Woolf in Mrs. Dalloway.

Questions about irreticence

What does irreticence mean?
Irreticence means unreservedness; the property of being irreticent.
What part of speech is irreticence?
Irreticence is a noun.
What is the plural of irreticence?
The plural of irreticence is irreticences.

Words near irreticence in the dictionary

  1. irresuscitable
  2. irresuscitably
  3. irretention
  4. irretentive
  5. irretentiveness
  6. irreticence
  7. irreticences
  8. irreticent
  9. irretraceable
  10. irretractable
  11. irretractile

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