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adjective

Silent adj.

Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. "How silent is this town!"

Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. "Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men." "This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not silent."

Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.

(Pron.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."

Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. (R.) "Cause... silent, virtueless, and dead."

Silent partner. See Dormant partner, under Dormant.

Synonyms: Mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. See Mute, and Taciturn.

noun

Silent n. That which is silent; a time of silence. (R.) "The silent of the night."

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Etymology of 'Silent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Silent" Quotes from Famous Books

... find that the old destroyer, Time, has expended all the soil sufficiently to allow the bare rock to peep through, and the disconsolate forest has retired in consequence, leaving only the funeral cypress to give silent expression to its affliction. Hark! what sound is that? Dinner! A look at the company was not as appetissant as a glass of bitters, but a peep at the tout-ensemble was fatal; so, patience to the journey's end. Accordingly, I consoled myself with a cigar and the surrounding scenery; no ...

— Lands of the Slave and the Free - Cuba, The United States, and Canada • Henry A. Murray

... another was "jigging" and telling funny stories. Instantly and gladly they swung the gathering into a religious service, with songs from the "Y" hymn book and a fine snappy address as a speaker stood on a hummock surrounded by the silent, thoughtful bunch. The sky was our canopy and with the moonlight filtering through the branches of the pines, an indelible impression was ...

— The Fight for the Argonne - Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man • William Benjamin West

... wings. She it is who crushes extravagant hopes, who threatens the proud, to whom is given to beat down the haughty spirit and the haughty step, and to confound over-great possessions. Her the men of old called Nemesis, born to Ocean from the womb of silent Night. Stars stand upon her forehead. In her hand she bears bridles and a chalice, and smiles for ever with an awful smile, and stands resisting mad designs. Turning to nought the prayers of the wicked and setting the low above the high she puts one in the other's place and rules ...

— Albert Durer • T. Sturge Moore

... adopt an emendation of Southey's in the "Dying Lover"—"though I do not feel the objection against 'Silent Prayer,'" and in the event he did very sensibly stick to his own opinion, for in the London Magazine the line runs, as ...

— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV - Poems and Plays • Charles and Mary Lamb

... brothers, and took her place as usual, and ate as she might have filled a crock with milk or cakes, tasting nothing which she put into her mouth. She did not during the meal say another word concerning the tragedy in which she was living, but there was a strange silent vehemence and fire about her which seemed louder than speech. Now and then her father and her brothers started and stared at her as if she had cried out. Two red spots had come on her brown cheeks; her eyes were glittering with dark light; her lips were a firm red; her fingers ...

— Madelon - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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