taciturnity

English

Etymology

taciturn +‎ -ity

Noun

taciturnity (uncountable)

1. The trait of being taciturn.
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter VI, page 69:

     Humphries broke out more freely into speech than he had done before, for his usual characteristic was that of taciturnity.

Translations

The state of being taciturn

• Czech: mlčenlivost (cs) f
• Dutch: zwijgzaamheid (nl) f
• Greek: εχεμύθεια (el) (echemýtheia) f, ολιγολογία (el) (oligología) f, λακωνικότητα (el) (lakonikótita) f

• Spanish: taciturnidad (es) f
• Swedish: tystlåtenhet (sv), fåordighet (sv), ordkarghet (sv)