Reticent

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:39:51

Ret"i*cent (?), a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.]

Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

 

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