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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--taciturn This week's theme: a medley of words. taciturn (TAS-i-tuhrn) adjective Temperamentally untalkative. [From Latin taciturnus (quiet), from tacitus (silent), past participle of tacere (to be silent).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The voiceover may be the best way to express the taciturn main character's ideas and desires, no matter how awkward it seems." Daniel Neman; Review: Perfume; Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia); Jan 5, 2007. X-Bonus Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. -Roger Miller, musician (1936-1992)

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