dumb

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dʌm/]

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Senses

1. dumb (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.

Example: deaf, dumb, and blind

2. dumb (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.

3. dumb (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Having no input or voice in running things.

Example: Life was never a May-game for men; in all times the lot of the dumb-millions born to toil was defaced with manifold sufferings, injustices, heavy burdens, avoidable and unavoidable; not play at all, but hard work that made the sinews sore, and the heart sore.

Structure of the word

Roots:

dʰewbʰ (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: dʰewbʰ

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