dumbness
Meaning
- (dated, offensive, uncountable, usually) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
- (dated, uncountable, usually) Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
- (dated, uncountable, usually) Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
- (informal, uncountable, usually) The quality of being stupid or foolish.
Synonyms
alalia
betise
inability to speak
Translations
Stummheit
mutité
mudez
mudez
dilsizlik
mutismo
mudesa
mutisme
amudimentEtymology
In summary
From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”).
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