ret1cent

[Lat. reticens, pr. par. of reticeo =to be silent again: re-again, and taceo =to be silent.] Inclined to keep silent, or to keep one's own counsel; indisposed to talk; silent, reserved. "Upon this he is naturally reticent ."- Lamb : Letter to Cole ridge. trět-1-cle, s . [Lat. reticulum , dim in. from rete = a net.] 1. A small net. 2. A reticule, a hand-bag. 3. A reticulated-micrometer (q. v.).