意味(日本語)

無口の、口数の少ない ◇L.re＋tacere(＝無口である)

語源

• tac-, -tic-, tacit- : L.tacere = to be silent, say nothing(黙する)

意味(英語)

• (adjective) Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at silent.
• (adjective) Restrained or reserved in style.
• (adjective) Reluctant; unwilling.

例文

• Havel has been described as a reticent, modest, honest, courageous and a Renaissance man -- a man filled with a moral vision of what the quality of life should be for all people.

無口、寡黙、無言

語源

• tac-, -tic-, tacit- : L.tacere = to be silent, say nothing(黙する)