Definitions

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  • adjective Not talkative; taciturn; reticent.
  • adjective That cannot be talked of; unspeakable.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ talkable

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Examples

  • The scintillating and playful essayist whom you pictured to yourself as the most genial and entertaining of companions, turns out to be a shy and untalkable individual, who chills you with his reticence when you chance to meet him.

    Ponkapog Papers. 1904

  • The scintillating and playful essayist whom you pictured to yourself as the most genial and entertaining of companions, turns out to be a shy and untalkable individual, who chills you with his reticence when you chance to meet him.

    Ponkapog Papers Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871

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