LekhoriLekhoriNot speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow...
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Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
The winds were silent, all the waves asleep, / And heaven was trac'd upon the flattering deep
A silent movie
More than 40 films will be shown spanning the past seventy-five years, including early silents and talkies, contemporary productions, foreign and American films, documentaries, underground works and television shows.
A member of the Silent Generation.
From Ali (technically a Silent who was born in 1942), to Tommie Smith's medal-stand protest, to Joe Namath's Super Bowl prediction to the hair-raising Oakland A's and the raucous Bronx Zoo Yankees of the 1970s, to the outbursts of Connors and McEnroe on the tennis court, to King's tireless push for women's equality off it, this was a generation unafraid of offering opinions.