\Tac`i*tur"ni*ty\, n. [L. taciturnitas: cf. F.
taciturnit['e].]
Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking.
      The cause of Addison's taciturnity was a natural
      diffidence in the company of strangers.  --V. Knox.
      The taciturnity and the short answers which gave so
      much offense.                            --Macaulay.