See Also: taciturnity(dictionary)

plash (iou) and taciturnity (iou)


plash (iou)



plash verb2. M16.
[Imit.: rel. to PLASH noun3. Cf. Middle & mod. Low German plaschen, Middle & mod. Dutch plassen, PLASH noun1, SPLASH verb1.]
verb trans. Strike or stir up the surface of (water or Other liquid). M16.
b. Dash with breaking water or Other liquid so as to wet. L16.
verb intrans. Move, tumble, strike, or be struck with a (gentle) splashing sound. M17.
J. Buchan The echo of a plashing stream descended the steeps.
plashing noun2 the action of the verb; the sound of dashing or falling water M16.
plashingly adverb with plashing L19.

taciturnity (iou)



taciturnity noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French taciturnite or Latin taciturnitas, from taciturnus: see TACITURN, -ITY.]
Habitual silence or disinclination for conversation; reservedness in speech; a taciturn character or state. LME.
M. Coren Taciturnity was not Gilbert's forte. He ached to tell people the..news.
Scots Law. The silence of a creditor with regard to a Debt or obligation over a period short of that necessary for prescription, which can be pleaded in extinction of the Debt etc. on the inference that the creditor has either abandoned the Debt or has had it satisfied in some way. M18.