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

  • The cloth has been withdrawn, the General has given the King's health, the servants have left the room, the guests sit conticent, and so, after a little hemming and blushing, Mr.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

  • The cloth has been withdrawn, the General has given the King’s health, the servants have left the room, the guests sit conticent, and so, after a little hemming and blushing, Mr.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

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  • "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