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reticent
What does reticent mean?
reticent (adjective): temperamentally disinclined to talk.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use reticent in a sentence?
- He is reticent and he never speaks unless spoken to. (Tatoeba sentence #303974 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce reticent?
/ˈɹɛtɪsənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does reticent come from?
Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to reticent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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temperamentally disinclined to talk
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practically wise, judicious, shrewd
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extremely large or on a great scale
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of firm build; stiff; stout; strong
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