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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
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
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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