Etymology

silentious

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Today it means: Habitually taciturn; prone to silence. Full definition →

Latin silentiōsus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsilentiōsus
  2. English todaysilentious

Borrowed from Latin silentiōsus. By surface analysis, silence + -ous.

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