faculty+of+speech

  • 51speechless — speechlessly, adv. speechlessness, n. /speech lis/, adj. 1. temporarily deprived of speech by strong emotion, physical weakness, exhaustion, etc.: speechless with alarm. 2. characterized by absence or loss of speech: speechless joy. 3. lacking… …

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  • 52mute — [mju:t] adjective 1》 (of a person) refraining from speech or temporarily speechless.     ↘lacking the faculty of speech.     ↘(of hounds) not giving tongue while hunting. 2》 (of a letter) not pronounced. noun 1》 a person without the power of… …

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  • 53language — I noun communication, composition, dialect, expression, faculty of speech, folk speech, form of expression, formulation, idiom, jargon, lingua, linguistics, means of communication, oral, oratio, parlance, phrasing, phraseology, rhetoric, sermo,… …

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  • 54dumb — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unable to speak] Syn. silent, mute, voiceless, speechless, inarticulate, wordless, quiet, mum, aphonic, deaf and dumb*; see also mute 1 , quiet 2 . 2. [Temporarily speechless] Syn. speechless, tongue tied, dumbstruck,… …

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  • 55speechless — /ˈspitʃləs/ (say speechluhs) adjective 1. temporarily deprived of speech by strong emotion, physical weakness, exhaustion, etc.: speechless with horror. 2. characterised by absence or loss of speech: speechless astonishment. 3. lacking the… …

  • 56language — n. 1 the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in an agreed way. 2 the language of a particular community or country etc. (speaks several languages). 3 a the faculty of speech. b a style or the… …

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  • 57Speechless — Speech less, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. [1913 Webster] 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. [1913 Webster] Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. [1913 Webster] {Speech less*ly}, adv.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58Speechlessly — Speechless Speech less, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. [1913 Webster] 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. [1913 Webster] Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. [1913 Webster] {Speech less*ly} …

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  • 59Speechlessness — Speechless Speech less, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. [1913 Webster] 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. [1913 Webster] Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. [1913 Webster] {Speech less*ly} …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 60Chofetz Chaim — For other uses, see Chofetz Chaim (disambiguation). The Chofetz Chaim (or Chafetz Chaim or Hafetz Hayim) (Hebrew: חָפֵץ חַיִּים‎‎) (trans. Desirer of Life) is a book on the Jewish laws of speech written by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan. The book is… …

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