Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Silent; hushed; quiet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Silent.
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- adjective archaic, rare
silent
Etymologies
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Latin conticens, present participle of conticeo ("I am silent"), from con- + taceo ("I am quiet").
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Examples
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The cloth has been withdrawn, the General has given the King's health, the servants have left the room, the guests sit conticent, and so, after a little hemming and blushing, Mr. George proceeds: --
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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The cloth has been withdrawn, the General has given the King’s health, the servants have left the room, the guests sit conticent, and so, after a little hemming and blushing, Mr. George proceeds: — “I remember, at the table of our General, how the little
The Virginians 2006
knitandpurl commented on the word conticent
"The conticent hour
when the gondola's left for a neighboring dark,"
The No Variations by Luis Chitarroni, translated by Darren Koolman, p 141
September 16, 2013