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Definition of Dumbness

1. Noun. The quality of being mentally slow and limited.

Definition of Dumbness

1. n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Definition of Dumbness

1. Noun. The state of being dumb (either mute or dim-witted), that is, not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism or from an inability to speak. ¹

2. Noun. Muteness, silence; abstention from speech. ¹

3. Noun. Refusal or unwillingness to speak. ¹

4. Noun. Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dumbness

1. the state of being dumb [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbness

Literary usage of Dumbness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(7) Pure Word-dumbness (Subcortical Motor Aphasia of Wernicke; Pure Motor Aphasia of Dejerine) Clinically, this is easy to recognize, since the disturbance ..."

2. A Dictionary of Medicine: Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics by Richard Quain, Frederick Thomas Roberts, John Mitchell Bruce, Samuel Treat Armstrong (1894)
"dumbness from, peripheral lesion of the hypoglossal nerve.—This is much less frequent as a cause of dumbness than central lesions ; nevertheless cases are ..."

3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1857)
"Case of complete dumbness and Aphonia, of Twelve Years' standing, ... 19th, 1855) with complete dumbness and aphonia, in consequence of a fright. ..."

4. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1896)
"Moreover, the psychological explanation leaves the dumbness to be explained. Again, we have similar appearances ver. 26, ii. 9, 13, xxii. 43, xxiv. 4. ..."

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