taciturnityn.

/tasɪˈtəːnɪti/

Forms: Also Middle English -te(e, 1500s -ty(e, 1500s–1600s -tie.

Etymology: < French taciturnité (14th cent.), or < Latin taciturnitās , < taciturnus : see taciturn adj. and -ity suffix.

1. Habitual silence or disinclination to conversation; reservedness in speech; a taciturn character or state.

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

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xli. 112 Oþer whiles he aunsuerde, lest by his taciturnite occasion of offendynge miȝt haue be yoven.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. l. f. lxxxxix^v/2 In the sayde monasterie was so grete tacyturnytee and scylence.

1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Dolabella in Panoplie Epist. 145 I cannot in this poinct vse taciturnitie and silence.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. ii. 76 The secrets of neighbor Pandar Haue not more guift in taciturnitie.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 261. ¶1 My natural Taciturnity hindered me from shewing my self to the best Advantage.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. vii. 179 Our ancestors were noted, as being men of truly spartan taciturnity.

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. x. 229 After which brief reply, John relapsed into taciturnity.

2. Scots Law. The silence of the creditor occasioning the extinction of an obligation in a shorter period than forty years' prescription: it being presumed that the creditor would not have been so long silent if the debt had not been paid or the obligation implemented.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > presumed extinction of obligation

taciturnity1765

1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) iii. vii. §29 533 No general rule can be laid down, at what precise times actions may be lost by taciturnity.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 967/2 The only cases in which extinction by such taciturnity has been recognised were those of bills of exchange, prior to the introduction of the sexennial prescription.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	taciturnity
释义	taciturnityn. /tasɪˈtəːnɪti/ Forms: Also Middle English -te(e, 1500s -ty(e, 1500s–1600s -tie. Etymology: < French taciturnité (14th cent.), or < Latin taciturnitās , < taciturnus : see taciturn adj. and -ity suffix. 1. Habitual silence or disinclination to conversation; reservedness in speech; a taciturn character or state. 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 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xli. 112 Oþer whiles he aunsuerde, lest by his taciturnite occasion of offendynge miȝt haue be yoven. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. l. f. lxxxxix^v/2 In the sayde monasterie was so grete tacyturnytee and scylence. 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Dolabella in Panoplie Epist. 145 I cannot in this poinct vse taciturnitie and silence. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. ii. 76 The secrets of neighbor Pandar Haue not more guift in taciturnitie. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 261. ¶1 My natural Taciturnity hindered me from shewing my self to the best Advantage. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. vii. 179 Our ancestors were noted, as being men of truly spartan taciturnity. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. x. 229 After which brief reply, John relapsed into taciturnity. 2. Scots Law. The silence of the creditor occasioning the extinction of an obligation in a shorter period than forty years' prescription: it being presumed that the creditor would not have been so long silent if the debt had not been paid or the obligation implemented. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > presumed extinction of obligation taciturnity1765 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) iii. vii. §29 533 No general rule can be laid down, at what precise times actions may be lost by taciturnity. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 967/2 The only cases in which extinction by such taciturnity has been recognised were those of bills of exchange, prior to the introduction of the sexennial prescription. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1450
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