RETICENT - Definition

Pronunciation:		'retisunt
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] reluctant to draw attention to yourself [adj] cool and formal in manner [adj] temperamentally disinclined to talk

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	Synonyms:	reserved, restrained, self-effacing, taciturn, unassertive, undemonstrative, unemotional, untalkative


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.