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man of few words

man of few words noun: a man who doesn't speak much; a habitually terse or taciturn man.

Noun

man of few words (plural men of few words)

  1. (idiomatic) A man who doesn't speak much; a habitually terse or taciturn man.
    • Tarzan but nodded his head. He was a man of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fight in the Desert”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 106

Forms of man of few words

pluralmen of few words

Questions about man of few words

What does man of few words mean?
Man of few words means a man who doesn't speak much; a habitually terse or taciturn man.
What part of speech is man of few words?
Man of few words is a noun.
What is the plural of man of few words?
The plural of man of few words is men of few words.

Words near man of few words in the dictionary

  1. man milk
  2. man mode
  3. man o' war
  4. man of action
  5. man of culture
  6. man of few words
  7. man of gingerbread
  8. man of God
  9. man of honor
  10. man of Kent
  11. man of law

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