reticent
not open, reserved, secretive
TRANSLATION
schweigsam, verschwiegen, zurückhaltend
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Putin emerges from the narrative as a reliable, honest, hardworking person, a no-nonsense and somewhat RETICENT man,... He is presented as a democratically minded and patriotic statesman who will lead Russia into the 21st century"
(Yuri Rarakhovich inTime Europe - Wednesday, April 19, 2000)
(Yuri Rarakhovich inTime Europe - Wednesday, April 19, 2000)
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know?
Did you know?
Reticent comes from the Latin reticent-, reticens, present participle of reticEre to keep silent, from re- + tacEre to be silent
Date: circa 1834
Synonyms:
reluctant
reserved
uncommunicative
silent
Reticent comes from the Latin reticent-, reticens, present participle of reticEre to keep silent, from re- + tacEre to be silent
Date: circa 1834
Synonyms:
reluctant
reserved
uncommunicative
silent
