reticent

Meaning

  1. Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
  2. Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive).

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɛtɪsənt/
Etymology

Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”).

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