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irreticences

irreticences is the plural of irreticence.

Meaning of irreticence

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

Questions about irreticences

What is irreticences the plural of?
Irreticences is the plural of irreticence.

Words near irreticences in the dictionary

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

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