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Definition of Deaf-mute
1. Adjective. Lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak.
2. Noun. A deaf person who is unable to speak.
Generic synonyms: Deaf Person
Specialized synonyms: Dummy, Silent Person
Derivative terms: Mute
Definition of Deaf-mute
1. Adjective. Unable to hear or speak ¹
2. Noun. A person who is unable to hear or speak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Deaf-mute
1. An individual with deafmutism. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deaf-mute
Literary usage of Deaf-mute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"We find foor Instances of the marriage of a congenital deaf mute with an acquired
deaf mute, from three of which 7 children resulted, one of whom was deaf ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"In 1854 Dr. Peet, the Principal of the New York Institution, said that, of all
the families of which he had records, " about one in twenty have deaf-mute ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1892)
"ANATOMICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE BRAIN AND SEVERAL SENSE-ORGANS OF THE BLIND
deaf-mute, LAURA DEWEY BRIDGMAN. HENRY H. DONALDSON, PH. D. II. ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1867)
"SIGNS IN DEAF MUTE EDUCATION. The Education of Deaf Mutts; ... By SAMUEL PORTER,
National Deaf Mute College, Washington, DC New York: B. Westermann & Co. ..."
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