tacit

See also: tàcit and Tàcit

English

WOTD – 7 February 2015

Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent), from tacere (to be silent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæsɪt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æsɪt
  • Homophones: tacet, tasset

Adjective

tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)

  1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
    tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
    • 1983, Stanley Rosen, Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image, page 62:
      He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.
    • 2004, Lawrence Pratchett, Vivien Lowndes, editors, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary, →ISBN:
      [] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, []
  2. (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tacite, from Latin tacitus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈt͡ʃit/

Adjective

tacit m or n (feminine singular tacită, masculine plural taciți, feminine and neuter plural tacite)

  1. unspoken

Declension

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