reticent

== English == === Etymology === Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɛtɪsənt/ === Adjective === reticent (comparative more reticent, superlative most reticent) Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained. (proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive). ==== Usage notes ==== The second sense of reticent has developed in the years since the end of the Second World War and is still not universally accepted as correct usage. However, of the major English-language dictionaries, Merriam-Webster does recognize the newer sense [1]. ==== Synonyms ==== (sense 1) reserved, restrained, tight-lipped, closemouthed (See also Thesaurus:taciturn) (sense 2) reluctant, unwilling, disinclined, loath ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Netretić == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin reticentem. First attested in 1868. === Adjective === reticent m or f (masculine and feminine plural reticents) reticent ==== Related terms ==== reticència === References === === Further reading === “reticent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “reticent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “reticent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Latin == === Verb === reticent third-person plural present active indicative of reticeō == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin reticēns. === Adjective === reticent m (feminine singular reticenta, masculine plural reticents, feminine plural reticentas) reticent ==== Related terms ==== reticéncia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French réticent. === Adjective === reticent m or n (feminine singular reticentă, masculine plural reticenți, feminine/neuter plural reticente) reluctant ==== Declension ====