† tacidadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= tacit adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > not expressed in speech
speechless1600
wordless1604
tacid1651
voiceless1816
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective]
covert1393
sidelinga1500
implieda1535
insinuate1534
understood1576
implicative1602
insinuated1605
reserved1607
whispered1608
interpretative1610
implicit1613
tacit1637
tacid1651
adumbrative1751
inexplicit1827
inexpress1871
1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. lv. 119 Whence also the tacid consents of animals seem to agree with divine bodies.
1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 38 In the Chest..lockt up, of your most Tacid Breast.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb]
sidelings?a1400
covertlyc1400
impliedlyc1449
by implicationa1575
implicatelya1575
implicatively1579
over the shoulder1596
interpretatively1602
implicitly1610
indirectly1613
insinuatively1617
enfoldedly1624
involvedly1624
tacitly1635
tacidly1640
by interpretation1692
adumbratively1753
inexplicitly1776
interpretively1867
1640 G. Sandys tr. H. Grotius Christs Passion iii. 255 Nor Loaves, so tacidly increast, Againe so many thousands feast.
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adj.1640