Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taciturnous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tac-i-turnous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taciturn.

Etymology

From Latin taciturnus.

Inflected Forms

more taciturnous (comparative) most taciturnous (superlative)

Questions

What does taciturnous mean?
Taciturn.
Where does taciturnous come from?
From Latin taciturnus.

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