conticent

From Latin conticens, present participle of conticeo (“I am silent”), from con- + taceo (“I am quiet”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntɪsənt/

conticent (comparative more conticent, superlative most conticent)

1. (archaic, rare) silent
   • 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:

     The guests sit conticent.

• “conticent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

conticent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of conticeō