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taciturnous

taciturnous adjective: taciturn.

Adjective

taciturnous (comparative more taciturnous, superlative most taciturnous)

  1. Taciturn.

Forms of taciturnous

comparativemore taciturnous
superlativemost taciturnous

Origin of taciturnous

From Latin taciturnus.

Questions about taciturnous

What does taciturnous mean?
Taciturnous means taciturn.
What part of speech is taciturnous?
Taciturnous is an adjective.

Words near taciturnous in the dictionary

  1. taciturnist
  2. taciturnists
  3. taciturnities
  4. taciturnity
  5. taciturnly
  6. taciturnous
  7. Tacitus
  8. tack
  9. tack about
  10. tack claw
  11. tack claws

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