Associations to the word «Reticent»

Wiktionary

RETICENT, adjective. Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

Dictionary definition

RETICENT, adjective. Temperamentally disinclined to talk.
RETICENT, adjective. Cool and formal in manner.
RETICENT, adjective. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus