noun (sometimes used with a sing. verb) news or information.Have you had any tidings of your brother? See the full entry

adjective characterized by intellect or reason.She missed the cerebral discussions she’d had with her friends in her student days. See the full entry

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adjective habitually silent and uncommunicative.Her taciturn son had a surprising amount to say on the subject of prisons. See the full entry

noun a person or thing that is considered a clear symbol or representative of something and is the object of reverence or high esteem.Einstein is an icon of twentieth-century physics.Elvis Presley is…