tacenda

English

Etymology

From Latin tacenda, future passive participle of taceo (“I am silent”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛndə

Noun

tacenda pl (plural only)

  1. things that are not to be spoken about or made public
  2. things that are best left unsaid

Latin

Participle

tacenda

  1. inflection of tacendus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

tacendā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tacendus

References
  • “tacenda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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