reticencen.

Brit.

/ˈrɛtᵻs(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdəs(ə)ns/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– reticense, 1600s– reticence.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French réticence; Latin reticentia.

Etymology: < French réticence avoidance of speech, silence (1552 in Middle French), kind of rhetorical device (1671), reserve (1751), or its etymon classical Latin reticentia avoidance of speech, silence, (in rhetoric) device of affecting to pass over the very point one wishes to emphasize, device of leaving a sentence unfinished < reticent- , reticēns , present participle of reticēre to keep silence (see reticent adj.) + -ia -ia suffix¹: compare -ence suffix. Compare Spanish reticencia (1598), Portuguese reticencia (1683), Italian reticenza (1536). Compare reticency n.

a. Reluctance to speak about something or to express personal thoughts and feelings freely; maintenance of silence; the state or quality of being taciturn or reserved in speech; an instance of this. Also figurative.rare before mid 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun]

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silencea1225

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reticence1603

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reservation1619

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reserve1659

costiveness1792

incommunicativeness1815

mutism1824

incommunicableness1835

ineloquence1843

incommunicability1855

unspeaking1860

mumchanceness1910

mumchanciness1920

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1027 Many times iwis, a smile, a reticence or keeping silence [Fr. un silence et une retenne], which otherwhiles may well expresse a speech, and make it more emphaticall.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Reticence, silence, concealment, councel-keeping, when one holds his peace, and utters not the thing he should tell.

1751 T. Crowley Life & Adventures of Mademoiselle de la Sarre 7 Her Antagonist had affected an obscure Reticence, owing either to a desire of being counted elegant in his Expressions or to an Intention of..putting her in the way of making a wrong answer.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. x. 73/1 A man so known for impenetrable reticence as Teufelsdröckh.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. i. 3 That frankness of hers had not been successful, and she regretted that she had not imposed on herself some little reticence.

1875 A. C. Swinburne Ess. & Stud. 277 The Lac de Gaube,..with..its cold smooth reticence and breathless calm.

1918 Mod. Lang. Notes 33 184 His reticence in this regard has apparently been noticed by some of the more conscientious editors.

1968 ETC. June 215 They [sc. the Sexual Freedom League] seem to think that all reticence about these matters is a ‘hangup’.

2005 M. Daheim Alpine Quilt (2006) ii. 25 Her reticence was driving me nuts... The least I'd expected was a string of complaints.

†b. Rhetoric. A figure in which a point is emphasized by affecting to pass over it. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > emphasis by pretending to omit

occupatio1550

occupation1550

paralipsis1550

passenger1589

preteritiona1602

apophasis1656

reticence1686

pretermission1728

1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation i. 8 Aposiopesis or Reticence is the shortning, or Retrenching of a Sentence by abruptly breaking off in the midst of something that seems designed to have been said.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Reticence, a Rhetorical Figure, when something is conceal'd that ought to be declar'd; Concealment, or passing over in Silence.

1789 ‘Hortensius’ Deinology 100 Here a reticence takes place, and there you'll observe a redundance.

2. In plural. Things that have been omitted from a written account or critical study; (also) instances of reluctance or reserve in speech or expression.

ΚΠ

1772 tr. J. A. Dumay Lett. to Mr. Kennicott iii. 105 The prophetical books are full of reticences or ellipsis... There are a thousand places where the phrases are not complete.

1814 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 449 I need not dwell on the judicious selection of matter..or on the decorous purity of his very reticences.

1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 550 This naughty flower-scene..is among his lordship's reticenses.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 185 The reticences of men are often only less full of meaning than their most pregnant speech.

1900 Amer. Hist. Rev. 5 779 There are misleading disclosures as well as honest reticences.

1940 H. E. Hanford Parents can Learn 197 With another type of child, we have to find our way past reticences to some hidden unhappiness.

1999 Independent (Nexis) 3 June 5 There are notable reticences in the journals—about such mundane matters as food and dress,..and more generally about relationships.

3. With of. Reserve in using the thing specified; restrained or subtle use of a particular quality, element, etc. (see reticent adj. 1b).

ΚΠ

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. i. 1 My father and I both glanced round, surprised at her unusual reticence of epithets.

1868 A. C. Swinburne in D. G. Rossetti & A. C. Swinburne Notes Royal Acad. Exhib. ii. 36 The same breadth and subtlety of touch, the same noble reticence of colour.

1896 Harper's Mag. Feb. 416/1 A rather distinguished-looking couple, both of them of a countrified complexion, with good manners, and considerable reticence of speech.

a1935 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 123 I marked An unmistakable self-questioning And a reticence of unassumed regret.

1993 S. J. Freedberg Painting in Italy 1500–1600 (ed. 3) v. 341/1 Giorgione's reticence of mood and form would have been sympathetic to his own [sc. Savoldo].

4. Reluctance to perform a particular action; disinclination, hesitation. Frequently with to (do something). Cf. reticent adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun]

un-i-willa1225

unlustc1230

dangerc1290

loathnessa1300

thronessa1400

grudgingc1420

nilling?a1425

unlustiness?a1425

loathinessc1449

difficulty?c1450

grudge1477

sticking1525

scruple1526

unreadiness1526

sweerness1533

dangerousness1548

untowardnessa1555

envy1557

loathsomeness1560

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reluctation1598

offwardness1600

undisposedness1600

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renitence1640

nolencea1651

nolencya1651

indisposedness1651

shyness1651

nolition1653

costiveness1654

sullenness1659

scrupling1665

regret1667

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uneasinessa1715

tarditude1794

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grudgingness1820

tarrowing1832

reticence1863

grudgery1889

balkiness1894

safety first1913

1863 G. A. Sala Breakfast in Bed 258 With..sufficient reticence to burn his MS.,..he might in the end produce..such a work as would infinitely delight this generation.

1922 Stud. in Social Sci. 7 71 There was another reason for England's reticence to succor the Greek cause.

1972 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 Sept. 45 Retailers' reticence to place Christmas orders until late in the season.

1989 Marketing 25 May 9/2 Delaney feels that reticence about advertising sanpro and condoms is often the result of ‘hypocrisy and squeamishness’.

2003 Washington Post 9 Apr. (Home ed.) a11/2 Jordan's reticence to engage in the rubber-chicken affairs where much of Washington business gets done.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reticence
释义	reticencen. Brit. /ˈrɛtᵻs(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈrɛdəs(ə)ns/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– reticense, 1600s– reticence. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French réticence; Latin reticentia. Etymology: < French réticence avoidance of speech, silence (1552 in Middle French), kind of rhetorical device (1671), reserve (1751), or its etymon classical Latin reticentia avoidance of speech, silence, (in rhetoric) device of affecting to pass over the very point one wishes to emphasize, device of leaving a sentence unfinished < reticent- , reticēns , present participle of reticēre to keep silence (see reticent adj.) + -ia -ia suffix¹: compare -ence suffix. Compare Spanish reticencia (1598), Portuguese reticencia (1683), Italian reticenza (1536). Compare reticency n. 1. a. Reluctance to speak about something or to express personal thoughts and feelings freely; maintenance of silence; the state or quality of being taciturn or reserved in speech; an instance of this. Also figurative.rare before mid 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun] stillnessc1050 silencea1225 seld-speech?c1225 taciturnityc1450 retreata1533 mum1555 silentness1573 reticence1603 reticencya1617 reservation1619 parciloquy1656 reserve1659 costiveness1792 incommunicativeness1815 mutism1824 incommunicableness1835 ineloquence1843 incommunicability1855 unspeaking1860 mumchanceness1910 mumchanciness1920 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1027 Many times iwis, a smile, a reticence or keeping silence [Fr. un silence et une retenne], which otherwhiles may well expresse a speech, and make it more emphaticall. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Reticence, silence, concealment, councel-keeping, when one holds his peace, and utters not the thing he should tell. 1751 T. Crowley Life & Adventures of Mademoiselle de la Sarre 7 Her Antagonist had affected an obscure Reticence, owing either to a desire of being counted elegant in his Expressions or to an Intention of..putting her in the way of making a wrong answer. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. x. 73/1 A man so known for impenetrable reticence as Teufelsdröckh. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. i. 3 That frankness of hers had not been successful, and she regretted that she had not imposed on herself some little reticence. 1875 A. C. Swinburne Ess. & Stud. 277 The Lac de Gaube,..with..its cold smooth reticence and breathless calm. 1918 Mod. Lang. Notes 33 184 His reticence in this regard has apparently been noticed by some of the more conscientious editors. 1968 ETC. June 215 They [sc. the Sexual Freedom League] seem to think that all reticence about these matters is a ‘hangup’. 2005 M. Daheim Alpine Quilt (2006) ii. 25 Her reticence was driving me nuts... The least I'd expected was a string of complaints. †b. Rhetoric. A figure in which a point is emphasized by affecting to pass over it. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > emphasis by pretending to omit occupatio1550 occupation1550 paralipsis1550 passenger1589 preteritiona1602 apophasis1656 reticence1686 pretermission1728 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation i. 8 Aposiopesis or Reticence is the shortning, or Retrenching of a Sentence by abruptly breaking off in the midst of something that seems designed to have been said. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Reticence, a Rhetorical Figure, when something is conceal'd that ought to be declar'd; Concealment, or passing over in Silence. 1789 ‘Hortensius’ Deinology 100 Here a reticence takes place, and there you'll observe a redundance. 2. In plural. Things that have been omitted from a written account or critical study; (also) instances of reluctance or reserve in speech or expression. ΚΠ 1772 tr. J. A. Dumay Lett. to Mr. Kennicott iii. 105 The prophetical books are full of reticences or ellipsis... There are a thousand places where the phrases are not complete. 1814 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 449 I need not dwell on the judicious selection of matter..or on the decorous purity of his very reticences. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 550 This naughty flower-scene..is among his lordship's reticenses. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 185 The reticences of men are often only less full of meaning than their most pregnant speech. 1900 Amer. Hist. Rev. 5 779 There are misleading disclosures as well as honest reticences. 1940 H. E. Hanford Parents can Learn 197 With another type of child, we have to find our way past reticences to some hidden unhappiness. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 3 June 5 There are notable reticences in the journals—about such mundane matters as food and dress,..and more generally about relationships. 3. With of. Reserve in using the thing specified; restrained or subtle use of a particular quality, element, etc. (see reticent adj. 1b). ΚΠ 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. i. 1 My father and I both glanced round, surprised at her unusual reticence of epithets. 1868 A. C. Swinburne in D. G. Rossetti & A. C. Swinburne Notes Royal Acad. Exhib. ii. 36 The same breadth and subtlety of touch, the same noble reticence of colour. 1896 Harper's Mag. Feb. 416/1 A rather distinguished-looking couple, both of them of a countrified complexion, with good manners, and considerable reticence of speech. a1935 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 123 I marked An unmistakable self-questioning And a reticence of unassumed regret. 1993 S. J. Freedberg Painting in Italy 1500–1600 (ed. 3) v. 341/1 Giorgione's reticence of mood and form would have been sympathetic to his own [sc. Savoldo]. 4. Reluctance to perform a particular action; disinclination, hesitation. Frequently with to (do something). Cf. reticent adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] un-i-willa1225 unlustc1230 dangerc1290 loathnessa1300 thronessa1400 grudgingc1420 nilling?a1425 unlustiness?a1425 loathinessc1449 difficulty?c1450 grudge1477 sticking1525 scruple1526 unreadiness1526 sweerness1533 dangerousness1548 untowardnessa1555 envy1557 loathsomeness1560 retractation1563 stickling1589 indisposition1593 loathfulness1596 backwardness1597 unwillingness1597 reluctation1598 offwardness1600 undisposedness1600 hinka1614 reluctancy1621 reluctancea1628 renitence1640 nolencea1651 nolencya1651 indisposedness1651 shyness1651 nolition1653 costiveness1654 sullenness1659 scrupling1665 regret1667 queerness1687 stickiness1689 disinclination1695 uneasinessa1715 tarditude1794 disclination1812 inalacrity1813 grudgingness1820 tarrowing1832 reticence1863 grudgery1889 balkiness1894 safety first1913 1863 G. A. Sala Breakfast in Bed 258 With..sufficient reticence to burn his MS.,..he might in the end produce..such a work as would infinitely delight this generation. 1922 Stud. in Social Sci. 7 71 There was another reason for England's reticence to succor the Greek cause. 1972 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 Sept. 45 Retailers' reticence to place Christmas orders until late in the season. 1989 Marketing 25 May 9/2 Delaney feels that reticence about advertising sanpro and condoms is often the result of ‘hypocrisy and squeamishness’. 2003 Washington Post 9 Apr. (Home ed.) a11/2 Jordan's reticence to engage in the rubber-chicken affairs where much of Washington business gets done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † reticencev. Forms: 1800s reticense. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reticence n. Etymology: < reticence n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To ignore; to pass over. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > refrain from speaking about letc1275 to let bec1275 leavea1375 sinka1400 supersede1560 reticence1833 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over > in speaking, writing passa1425 missa1450 ferry1477 pretermit1542 silence1570 slip1607 reticence1833 to miss out1855 to skate over or round1928 1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 532 Some choice passages..which from other motives he had purposely reticensed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1603v.1833
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reticencen.

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