deafnessn.
/ˈdɛfnɪs/ The state or condition of being deaf.
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deafheadc1350
deafness1398
surdity1598
cophosis1657
presbycusis1890
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xii. 117 Yf colera be wasted in deyf men, deifnes is taken awaye.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 116 Deffenesse, surditas.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 106 Your tale, Sir, would cure deafenesse . View more context for this quotation
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 138 The blindness and deafness of those Souls which fall into Vice.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 167 The deafness was probably due to a strain of the tympanum.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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