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English Dictionary: reticent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reticent
adj
  1. temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: reticent, untalkative]
  2. cool and formal in manner
    Synonym(s): restrained, reticent, unemotional
  3. reluctant to draw attention to yourself
    Synonym(s): reticent, self-effacing, retiring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reticent \Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to
      keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See {Tacit}.]
      Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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