Definitions for taciturnities

taciturnities tac·i·tur·ni·ty

Spelling: [tas-i-tur-ni-tee]
IPA: /ˌtæs ɪˈtɜr nɪ ti/

Taciturnities is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1241 anagrams from letters in taciturnities (aceiiinrstttu).

Definitions for taciturnities

noun

  1. the state or quality of being reserved or reticent in conversation.
  2. Scots Law. the relinquishing of a legal right through an unduly long delay, as by the silence of the creditor.

Origin of taciturnities

1400-50; late Middle English Latin taciturnitās, equivalent to taciturn(us) taciturn + -itās -ity

Examples for taciturnities

Razumov's taciturnity only excited her to a quicker, more voluble utterance.

Not that appetite failed him; indeed, he ate the more for his taciturnity.

Dominic, too, devoted himself to his business, but his taciturnity was sardonic.

His taciturnity on this particular day was a thing beyond any experience with it she had yet had.

His taciturnity was as eloquent as the repeated warning of the slave of the feast.

Colonel Feraud's taciturnity was the outcome of concentrated rage.

If the priest perceived these new signs of taciturnity, he ignored them.

Their taciturnity and irrisibility however, are confined to their sober hours.

They greeted me with their usual friendliness, but I could not help noticing their taciturnity.

During their walk she did not attempt to invade his taciturnity.

Word Value for taciturnities
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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