dumbness

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Definition of dumbness

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noun

(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.

“He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.”

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noun

(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.

“He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.”
(dated, uncountable, usually)Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.

“There was speech in their dumbness.”
(dated, uncountable, usually)Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.

“To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.”
(informal, uncountable, usually)The quality of being stupid or foolish.

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From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”).

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