dumbness
31Aphony — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Aphony >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 aphony aphony aphonia Sgm: N 1 dumbness dumbness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 obmutescence obmutescence Sgm: N 1 absence of voice absence of voice want of voice Sgm: N …
32denseness — noun 1. the quality of being mentally slow and limited (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑dumbness, ↑slow wittedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dumb (for: ↑dumbness), ↑dense, ↑ …
33slow-wittedness — noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited • Syn: ↑denseness, ↑dumbness • Derivationally related forms: ↑dumb (for: ↑dumbness), ↑dense (for: ↑ …
34DEAF-MUTE — (Heb. חֵרֵשׁ, heresh), always classed in the Talmud together with the minor and the imbecile as being irresponsible and of no independent will, from which stem all the restrictions and exemptions applying to him, both in law and the performance… …
35Aphrasia — A*phra si*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a priv. + fra sis speech.] (Med.) (a) = {Dumbness}. (b) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
36By word of mouth — Word Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[ u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rh twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… …
37Compound word — Word Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[ u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rh twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… …
38downcast — down cast , a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. [1913 Webster] T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. 2. depressed; dispirited;… …
39Downcastly — downcast down cast , a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. [1913 Webster] T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. 2. depressed;… …
40Downcastness — downcast down cast , a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. [1913 Webster] T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. 2. depressed;… …
