dumbness
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dumbness
Where it comes from
From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”).
noun dumbnesses · dumbnesse
- The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak. He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.
- Muteness, silence; abstention from speech. There was speech in their dumbness.
- Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show. To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.
- The quality of being stupid or foolish.
Similar: dumbhood
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noun
Similar: dumbhood
Translations
Talk about this word "dumbness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dumbness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dumbness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dumbness "dumbness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dumbness.Cite this
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title = {dumbness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dumbness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
