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Definition of Speechless
1. Adjective. Temporarily incapable of speaking. "Speechless with shock"
Definition of Speechless
1. a. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
Definition of Speechless
1. Adjective. not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speechless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speechless
Literary usage of Speechless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1866)
"I have recorded (See " Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital Reports," vol. iv., part
4) the case of a " speechless " patient who was said to have one day asked ..."
2. Mental Evolution in Man: Origin of Human Faculty by George John Romanes (1888)
"Consequently, if my opponents assume that prior to the appearance of this earliest
phase it is impossible that any hitherto speechless animal should have ..."
3. The Treasury of Sacred Song: Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of by Francis Turner Palgrave (1890)
"And should those speechless beggars fail, Which oft have won, Then taught by Thee
I will prevail, And say, ... And stones, though speechless, are not dumb. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"... was with the king at Winchester, and on 11 April, while he and his sons Harold, .
and Gyrth sat at meat with the king, he fell from his seat speechless ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"And so we leave the bewildered Pythoness in speechless convulsions upon 'her
tripod, and the irreverent audience rejoicing over the discomfiture of the ..."
6. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"When I had taken my leave of Gerard, and was come to Enfield, I went first to
visit Amor Stoddart, who lay very weak, and almost speechless. ..."
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