Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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tacit \TAS-it\, adjective:
tacit \TAS-it\, adjective:
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1. implied or understood without being openly expressed
1. implied or understood without being openly expressed
2. saying nothing; silent
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The B.O. seems to have given tacit approval of the appointment of Roland Burris to his vacant Senate seat.
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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c 1575, from French tacite, from Latin tacitus "that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed, silent," from tacere "to be silent," from Proto Indo-European base *tak- "to be silent."
c 1575, from French tacite, from Latin tacitus "that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed, silent," from tacere "to be silent," from Proto Indo-European base *tak- "to be silent."
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