Definition of Speechlessness

1. Noun. The property of being speechless.

Generic synonyms: Quiet, Silence
Derivative terms: Speechless

Definition of Speechlessness

1. Noun. The state of being speechless. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Speechlessness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Speechlessness

speeches
speechful
speechification
speechifications
speechified
speechifier
speechifiers
speechifies
speechify
speechifying
speechifyings
speeching
speechings
speechless
speechlessly
speechlessness (current term)
speechlessnesses
speechlike
speechlore
speechmaker
speechmakers
speechmaking
speechreading
speechworthy
speechwriter
speechwriters
speechwriting
speed
speed-dating
speed-dial

Literary usage of Speechlessness

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

1. Natural History, Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By by Frederick Edward Hulme (1895)
"... medicines — Porta's " Natural Magick "—The hyaena—Counterfeiting human speech— The wolf—Producing speechlessness—The dragon's parentage — Enmity between ..."

2. The practice of medicine by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1869)
"But cerebral speechlessness is also often permanent; being the consequence of apoplexy, ... And then also, this form of speechlessness is found to ..."

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