Meanings
nounspeechlessness (plural speechlessnesses)
plural speechlessnesses
- The state of being speechless.
It was her virtue to be tall, pale, characterless and effaced by partial speechlessness.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 161 more example
'No - rather not, my dear? Well, another night,' he said, hastily translating her speechlessness.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 233
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans spraakloosheid
- spraakloosheidstate of being speechless
Ancient Greek ἀλαλία
- ἀλαλία (alalía)state of being speechless
Esperanto senparoleco, muteco
- senparolecostate of being speechless
- mutecostate of being speechless
German Sprachlosigkeit, Stummheit
- Sprachlosigkeitstate of being speechless
- Stummheitstate of being speechless
Hindi निःशब्दता
- निःशब्दता (niḥśabdatā)state of being speechless
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