Dumbness - What does it mean?
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The state of being dumb (either mute or dim-witted), that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
* 1611 Shakespeare, William [first known show: 15 May 1611; posthumous publication: 1623], ''Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 2:
Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
* 1623 Shakespeare, William [posthumous publication], Timon of Athens , Act 1, Scene 1:
dumbness
English
Noun
(-)- There was speech in their dumbness .
- To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.