taciturn
adjective • /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/ or /ˈtæsətɝːn/ • silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speakFrom Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”)
¶ Posted by smdoc 82 notes tages / words / submissionFrom Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”)
¶ Posted by smdoc 82 notes tages / words / submissionnoun • either of a pair of sound holes, resembling an ∫ and a reversed ∫ in shape, cut in the front of some stringed instruments, such as the violin and the mandolin
¶ Posted by untitledcommadate 32 notes tages / words / submissionnoun • a neighbor whose house is on fire or has burned down.
Ucalegon, one of the Elders of Troy, had his house set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked Troy.
¶ Posted by coffeeandclouds 32 notes tages / words / submissionnoun • 1) a funnel (usually) used in smelting, foundry work etc. 2) a funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line.
¶ Posted by tumblcore 2 notes tages / words / submissionnoun • /ran-TAL-yən/ • a man or boy whose penis is insufficiently long, in its ‘relaxed’ mode, to exceed the length of the scrotum
from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tonge
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