conticent

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin conticens, present participle of conticeo (“I am silent”), from con- + taceo (“I am quiet”).

Adjective

conticent (comparative more conticent, superlative most conticent)

1. (archaic, rare) silent
   • (Can we date this quote by Thackeray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The guests sit conticent.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “conticent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) conticent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of conticeō