TACITURN
ADJECTIVES
► DERF taciturn, sullen, unbending in manner → 19C Sc.
► GLUMPSE sullen, sulky, taciturn, out of temper → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HUMMEL-DRUMMEL taciturn and morose → 19C Sc.
► SHORT-TONGUED taciturn, unready in speech → c1575
NOUNS – PERSON
► DUMB OX a large taciturn or unintelligent man → 1605
► STRONG SILENT MAN a taciturn man whose feelings are concealed and controlled → 1839
► STRONG SILENT TYPE a taciturn person whose feelings are concealed and controlled → 1909
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