tacit
/ˈtæsɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
adj
Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Example Sentences
- "tacit consent"
- "Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn’t jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot,"
- "He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer."
- "[…] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more tacit (comparative)
most tacit (superlative)