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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -tacitu-, *tacitu*
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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
tacituThe English are a taciturn people.

WordNet (3.0)
taciturn(adj) habitually reserved and uncommunicative, Ant. voluble
tacitus(n) Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120), Syn. Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Tacitus

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Taciturn

a. [ L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See Tacit. ] Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Silent; reserved. Taciturn, Silent. Silent has reference to the act; taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn may now and then make an effort at conversation. [1913 Webster]

Taciturnity

n. [ L. taciturnitas: cf. F. taciturnité. ] Habitual silence, or reserve in speaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural diffidence in the company of strangers. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so much offense. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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