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dumber
We have found lemma(root) word of dumber : dumb.
Definitions
[dʌm], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- temporarily unable or unwilling to speak
(e.g: she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse)
- (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness
(e.g: he was born deaf, dumb, and blind)
- lacking intelligence; stupid
(e.g: a dumb question)
- (of a computer terminal) able only to transmit data to or receive data from a computer; having no independent processing capability
Phrases:
- dumb luck
- play dumb
Origin
:
Old English dumb, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dumbr and Gothic dumbs ‘mute’, also to Dutch dom ‘stupid’ and German dumm ‘stupid’
[dʌm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make dumb or unheard; silence
(e.g: a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue)
Phrases:
- dumb luck
- play dumb
Origin
:
Old English dumb, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dumbr and Gothic dumbs ‘mute’, also to Dutch dom ‘stupid’ and German dumm ‘stupid’
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