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deaf-mute
[ def-myoot ]
adjective
- unable to hear and speak.
noun
- a person who is unable to hear and speak, especially one in whom inability to speak is due to congenital or early deafness.
Usage
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å±ð²¹´Ú-ËŒ³¾³Ü³Ù±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å±ð²¹´Ú-³¾³Ü³Ù±ðn±ð²õ²õ »å±ð²¹´Ú-³¾³Ü³Ùi²õ³¾ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deaf-mute1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of deaf-mute1
Example Sentences
“Witnesses … reported hearing deaf-mute Detainee Gantt making noises and banging on his cell door†during the night, according to charging documents.
A deaf-mute teen born with congenital cholesteatoma, Alice wanders away to pray to the oak tree, suddenly gaining the ability to hear and speak from a blindly white apparition.
A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a dysfunctional convent in medieval Tuscany, disguising himself as a deaf-mute.
I am a deaf-mute, but I read the lips and understand what is said to me.
But Zenti remained skeptical about the claims and said in 2017 testimony — conducted as part of a separate lawsuit — that even a word like sodomization would be “hard to convey for a deaf-mute.â€
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