reticent
adjective/ˈretɪsnt/
/ˈretɪsnt/
(formal)- unwilling to tell people about things synonym reserved, uncommunicative
- She was shy and reticent.
- reticent about something He was extremely reticent about his personal life.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin reticent- ‘remaining silent’, from the verb reticere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tacere ‘be silent’.
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