RETICENT

reticent, self-effacing, retiring

(adjective) reluctant to draw attention to yourself

restrained, reticent, unemotional

(adjective) cool and formal in manner

reticent, untalkative

(adjective) temperamentally disinclined to talk

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

reticent (comparative more reticent, superlative most reticent)

Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

(proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).

Usage notes

• The second sense of reticent has developed in the years since the end of the Second World War and is still not universally accepted as correct usage. However, of the major English-language dictionaries, Merriam-Webster does recognize the newer sense .

Synonyms

• (sense 1) reserved, restrained, tight-lipped (See also taciturn)

• (sense 2) reluctant, unwilling

Anagrams

• Netretić

Source: Wiktionary

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

Definition: Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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