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reticent definition

reti·cent (-sənt)

adjective

  1. habitually silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily; reserved; taciturn
  2. having a restrained, quiet, or understated quality

Etymology: L reticens, prp. of reticere, to be silent < re-, again + tacere, to be silent: see tacit

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