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Do you know what?s on your credit report? Find out with a FREE Equifax credit report & FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial! Plus, get valuable tools and tips for improving your credit rating. Try it FREE today! http://psstt.com/1/c/62072/28678/166307/166307 <a href="http://psstt.com/1/c/62072/28678/166307/166307"< AOL users click here </a< \-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-/ Word of the Day for Thursday April 4, 2002: taciturn \TAS-uh-turn\, adjective: Habitually silent; not inclined to talk. On stage she seemed to become transformed, and the contrast was even more noticeable given her shy, taciturn character, shrouded in the impalpable veil of gloom that always surrounded her. --Pino Cacucci, Tina Modotti: A Life A balding, stocky, taciturn man who wore glasses, he gave an impression of distance and seriousness. --"Diana's Driver: Unsettling Piece in a Puzzle," [1]New York Times, September 21, 1997 In the company of even his close literary and political friends he was shy if not taciturn. --"Passionate voice of the press," [2]Irish Times, November 4, 1997 _________________________________________________________ Taciturn comes from Latin taciturnus, from tacere, "to be silent." References 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ 2. http://www.ireland.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: matt.motley@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-357530C@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2002 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
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