doof
Meaning
-
deaf
Concepts
deaf person
hearing impaired
deaf man
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/doːf/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dôof, from Old Dutch dōf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”).
New
doven
-
- (ergative) to extinguish
- to muffle, to deaden (a sound)
- (obsolete) to become deaf
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