Reticent Definition

rĕtĭ-sənt
adjective
Silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak readily, often, specif., habitually so.
Webster's New World
Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself.
American Heritage
Having a restrained, quiet, or understated quality.
Webster's New World
Reluctant; unwilling.
American Heritage

Origin of Reticent

  • Latin reticēns reticent- present participle of reticēre to keep silent re- re- tacēre to be silent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin reticens, present participle of reticere (“to keep silence"); re- + tacere (“to be silent").

    From Wiktionary

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