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Definition of Semimute
1. a. Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
2. n. A semimute person.
Definition of Semimute
1. Adjective. Having the faculty of speech either imperfectly developed or partially lost. ¹
2. Noun. One who has the faculty of speech either imperfectly developed or partially lost. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semimute
1. having partially lost the faculty of speech [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semimute
Literary usage of Semimute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Exercise in Education and Medicine by Robert Tait McKenzie (1915)
"Of the 27 congenitally deaf, 20 could sustain equilibrium with little difficulty
and 7 could not, while of the 17 semimute, only 2 were able to keep in ..."
2. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Mongolian type, aged eighteen years, apathetic idiot, semimute, sprak* i few
words, enunciation imperfect. Learned to feed himself and is cleanly. ..."
3. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1895)
"I believe that attempts to restore hearing to a child almost totally deaf, and
also mute or semimute, will result, usually, in failure, and that such ..."
4. Elements of Physics: Or, Natural Philosophy, General and Medical ; Explained by Neil Arnott (1827)
"semimute. Semivowel or nasal. Aspirate. Vocal aspirate. Remarks. Vibratory.
•The sound of H does not belong to any of the three positions ; and, indeed, ..."
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