Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
2. Spoken Language

585. Taciturnity.

   NOUN:SILENCE, muteness, obmutescence [rare], laconism, laconicism, taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness [obs.], curtness; reserve, reticence (concealment) [See Concealment].
  MAN OF FEW WORDS; Spartan, Laconian.
   VERB:BE SILENT &c. adj.; keep silence; hold one’s -tongue, – peace; not speak [See Speech]; say nothing; seal -, close -, put a padlock on- the -lips, – mouth; put a bridle on one’s tongue; keep one’s tongue between one’s teeth; make no sign, not let a word escape one; keep a secret [See Concealment]; have not a word to throw at a dog, not have a word to say; lay -, place- the finger on the lips; render mute [See Aphonia].
  stick in one’s throat.
   ADJECTIVE:SILENT, mute, mum; silent as a -post, – stone, – the grave (still) [See Silence]; dumb [See Aphonia]; unconversable.
  TACITURN, laconic, pauciloquent, concise, sententious, sparing of words; close, close-mouthed, close-tongued; costive [obs.], inconversable [obs.], curt; reserved; reticent (concealing) [See Concealment].
   INTERJECTION:SILENCE! tush! mum! hush! chut! [F.], hist! tut! not another word! stop right there! be still! chup! [Hind.].    QUOTATIONS:

1. Cave quid dicis quando et cui.
2. Volto sciolto i pensieri stretti.