silentiousadj.

Brit.

/sʌɪˈlɛnʃəs/, U.S.

/saɪˈlɛn(t)ʃəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin silentiōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin silentiōsus characterized by silence, noiseless (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) < silentium silence n. + -ōsus -ous suffix.Compare Middle French, French silencieux (1527), Spanish silencioso (1596), Portuguese silencioso, Italian silenzioso (both 18th cent.).

Now rare.

Given to silence; taciturn, reticent.

ΘΚΠ

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

unspeakinga1382

speechless1390

mutec1400

dumb1406

silenta1425

peaceablec1425

secretc1440

of few wordsa1500

tongue-tied1529

mum1532

closec1540

strait-laced1546

tongue-dumb1556

incommunicable1568

sparing1568

inconversable1577

retentive1599

wordless1604

mumbudget1622

uncommunicable1628

monastica1631

word-bound1644

on (also upon) the reserve1655

strait-mouthed1664

oyster-like1665

incommunicative1670

mumchance1681

speechless1726

taciturnous1727

tongue-tacked1727

monosyllabic1735

silentish1737

untalkative1739

silentious1749

buttoned-up1767

taciturn1771

close as wax1772

untittletattling1779

reticent1825

voiceless1827

say-nothing1838

unremonstrant1841

still1855

unvocal1858

inexpansive186.

short-tongued1864

non-communicating1865

tight-lipped1876

unworded1886

chup1896

tongue-bound1906

shut-mouthed1936

zip-lipped1943

shtum1958

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 215 Yet Will had very good qualities too, gentle, tractable, and above all grateful: silentious, even to a fault; he spoke at any time very little.

1895 W. D. Howells in Cent. Mag. June 184/1 Those silentious minstrels who grind small, mute organs at the corners of the pavement.

2019 M. C. Ward Static in Syst. i. 29 The model of silentious behavior was, significantly, always male.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	silentious
释义	silentiousadj. Brit. /sʌɪˈlɛnʃəs/, U.S. /saɪˈlɛn(t)ʃəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin silentiōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin silentiōsus characterized by silence, noiseless (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) < silentium silence n. + -ōsus -ous suffix.Compare Middle French, French silencieux (1527), Spanish silencioso (1596), Portuguese silencioso, Italian silenzioso (both 18th cent.). Now rare. Given to silence; taciturn, reticent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] unspeakinga1382 speechless1390 mutec1400 dumb1406 silenta1425 peaceablec1425 secretc1440 of few wordsa1500 tongue-tied1529 mum1532 closec1540 strait-laced1546 tongue-dumb1556 incommunicable1568 sparing1568 inconversable1577 retentive1599 wordless1604 mumbudget1622 uncommunicable1628 monastica1631 word-bound1644 on (also upon) the reserve1655 strait-mouthed1664 oyster-like1665 incommunicative1670 mumchance1681 speechless1726 taciturnous1727 tongue-tacked1727 monosyllabic1735 silentish1737 untalkative1739 silentious1749 buttoned-up1767 taciturn1771 close as wax1772 untittletattling1779 reticent1825 voiceless1827 say-nothing1838 unremonstrant1841 still1855 unvocal1858 inexpansive186. short-tongued1864 non-communicating1865 tight-lipped1876 unworded1886 chup1896 tongue-bound1906 shut-mouthed1936 zip-lipped1943 shtum1958 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 215 Yet Will had very good qualities too, gentle, tractable, and above all grateful: silentious, even to a fault; he spoke at any time very little. 1895 W. D. Howells in Cent. Mag. June 184/1 Those silentious minstrels who grind small, mute organs at the corners of the pavement. 2019 M. C. Ward Static in Syst. i. 29 The model of silentious behavior was, significantly, always male. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1749
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