taciturnity

Roget category 585

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means

#585. Taciturnity

noun

silence, muteness, obmutescence^† — taciturnity, pauciloquy^†, costiveness^†, curtness — reserve, reticence etc. (concealment) 528.
man of few words.

verb

be silent etc. adj. — keep silence, keep mum — hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw — not speak.
etc. 582 — say nothing, keep one's counsel — seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth — put a bridle on one's tongue — bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth — make no sign, not let a word escape one — keep a secret etc. 528 — not have a word to say — hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips — render mute etc. 581.
stick in one's throat.

adjective

silent, mute, mum — silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave etc. (still) 403 — dumb etc. 581 — unconversable^†.
taciturn, sparing of words — closetongued — costive^†, inconversable^†, curt — reserved — reticent etc. (concealing) 528.

interjection

shush!, tush!, silence!, mum!, hush!, chut! ^†, hist!, tut!, chup! ^†, mum's the word — keep your mouth shut! [Vulg.].

phrase

cave quid dicis quando et cui [Lat.] — volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It].

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