The quality or condition of being dumb; inability to speak; speechlessness; silence, muteness.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [noun] > dumbness (18) dumbnessc1380 The quality or condition of being dumb; inability to speak; speechlessness; silence, muteness. speechlessness1580 The state or condition of being speechless; lack or loss of speech. dumb1640 A dumb state; a fit of dumbness. Obsolete. deaf-dumbness1822 dumbness or aphonia arising from deafness. mutism1824 The state or condition of being mute or silent; refusal to speak; inability or failure to produce normal speech or vocalizations, esp. as a result of… deaf-mutism1865 the condition of a deaf-mute. deaf-muteness1874 surdomutism1880 = deaf-mute, adj. n. So surdoˈmutism n. deaf-mutism. ineffableness1883 The quality of being ineffable; unspeakableness. (In quot. 1883 want of the power of utterance.) Subcategories:— person (9) |
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