silentious

silentious
si·len·tious

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  • Silentious — Si*len tious, a. [L. silentiosus: cf. F. silencieux.] Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • silentious — adjective Habitually taciturn, prone to silence The boy was so silentious I barely heard a peep out of him in the six months he was with us. See Also: silentiously …   Wiktionary

  • silentious — sīˈlenchəs adjective Etymology: Latin silentiosus, from silentium + osus ous : habitually silenttaciturn, reticent …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Comedian as the Letter C — is a poem from Wallace Stevens s firstbook of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was one of the few poems firstpublished in that collection and the last written for it. Consequentlyit is still under copyright, thanks to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term… …   Wikipedia

  • silentiously — adverb In a manner marked by silence or laconism See Also: silentious …   Wiktionary

  • silent — [adj1] quiet; speechless bashful, buttoned up*, checked, clammed up*, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up*, faint, hush, hushed, iced*, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute …   New thesaurus

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