From en.wiktionary.org:
[DUMB]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en].
The senses of _stupid_, _unintellectual_, and _pointless_, which are found
regularly since the 19th century only, probably developed under the influence
of [en] and [en]. Just like the English word, these originally meant "lacking
the power of speech", but they developed the mentioned senses early on.
[2] Cognate with [sco], [frr], [frr], [fy], [nl], [de], [da], [sv], [is]. See
also [en]. [col-bottom]
**** Adjective
[er]
1. [en] Unable to speak ; lacking power of speech ( _kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind"_ ).
2. * {{ RQ:Hooker Laws
|passage=to unloose the very tongues even of DUMB creatures}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-song | en | year=1992 | artist=Tool | title=Opiate
|passage=Deaf and blind and DUMB and born to follow / What you need is someone
strong to guide you}}
1. [en] Not talkative ; taciturn or unwilling to speak.
2. [en] Having no input or voice in run ning things.
3. * [III]
4. [en] Unaccompanied by words or speech, silent , wordless .
5. * [II]
6. * [23]
7. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1881 | author=w:John Campbell Shairp | title=Aspects of Poetry
|passage=to pierce into the DUMB past}}
1. [en] Not producing any sound , silent .
2. * [XXIII]
3. [en] Stupid .
4. [en] Pointless , foolish , lacking intellectual content or value.
5. Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
6. [en] [en] Not equip ped with intelligent behavior or process ing capabilities of its own.
7. [en] Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour ; dim , dull .
8. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1720 | author=w:Daniel Defoe | title=w:The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
|passage=Her stern, which was painted of a DUMB white or dun color.}}
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en|title=Suffixed forms |dumbhood |dumben |dumbly |dumbness |dumbo
|dumbocracy |dummy
|undumb|dumbdom|dumbie|dumbification|dumbify|dumbish|dumbling|dumbocrat|dumbski|fandumb|freedumb|Mormondumb|randumb|wisdumb
}} {{col4|en|title=Comparisons|collapse=n |dumb as a bag of hammers|dumb as a
sack of bricks |dumb as a box of rocks |dumb as a brick |dumb as a doorknob
|dumb as a doornail |dumb as a fish |dumb as an ox |dumb as a post |dumb as a
rock |dumb as a sack of hammers |dumb as a stump |dumb as dirt |dumb as nails
|dumb like a fox }} {{col4|en|title=Others |a dumb priest never got a
parish|dumb charade|dumb charades |beauty fades, dumb is forever |deaf and
dumb |dumb ague |dumbass |dumb barge |dumbbell |dumb blond |dumb bomb |dumb
bunny |dumb cake |dumb cancel |dumbcane |dumb chamber |dumb chill |dumb chum
|dumb cluck |dumb crambo |dumb Dora |dumbfound,dumbfounded,dumbfounder |dumb
friend |dumb fuck,dumb fucker |dumb genius |dumbhead |dumb hole |dumb
insolence |dumb luck |dumb money |dumb muscle |dumb network |dumb out |dumb
peal |dumbphone |dumb piano |dumb pipe |dumb quotes |dumbshit |dumb show |dumb
spinet |dumbstruck |dumb tax |dumb TV |dumbwaiter |dumb well
|rock-dumb|dumbassed|dumbbutt|dumbnutdumbsize|outdumb|semidumb |strike dumb }}
***** Translations
[unable to speak]
[extremely stupid]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv] , [jv]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la]
- Lithuanian: [slang, barbarism] [lt] , [lt]
- Low German: [nds]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa] , [sa] , [sa] , [sa] , [sa] , [sa]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Sundanese: [su]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa] , [wa]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[pointless or unintellectual]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Korean: [ko] (1), [ko] (2,3)
- Romanian: [ro]
- Sardinian: [sc]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Telugu: [te] (1)
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en] (found in the compound [ang]), from [en], [gem-pro], from
[en]. Cognate with [de].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To silence .
2. * [I]
3. * [en]
4. [en] To make stupid .
5. * [en]
6. [en] To represent as stupid.
7. * [en]
8. [en] To reduce the intellectual demands of.
9. * [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en|title=Terms derived from the adjective or verb "dumb" |bedumb
|dumbness |dumb blonde |dumb down |dumbocracy |dumb-show |dumb terminal |dummy
|play dumb }}
*** Etymology 3
A [minced oath] of [en].[1][2]
**** Adverb
[-]
1. [en] [en] Very , extremely .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] [An intensifier expressing contempt] ; damn , damned .
2. * [en]
*** References
[reflist]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
[enm] [enm] From [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Adjective
[dumbe]
1. Lacking or failing to display the faculty of voice :
1. Unspeaking ; unable to speak or having muteness .
2. [enm] A mute ; one who can't speak.
3. Temporarily unable to speak due to strong emotions.
4. Unwilling or reluctant to speak; not speaking .
2. Powerless, ineffectual [either inherently or due to events]
3. Unknowledgeable ; having no understanding or sense .
4. [enm] Unwilling or unable to make a noise; quiet or silent .
5. [enm] Unrevealing , useless ; having no important messages or lessons.
6. [enm] Having nothing to keep one busy or engaged .
7. [enm] Refusing to preach or evangelise .
8. [enm] Refusing to be conceited or vainglorious .
**** Derived terms
- [enm]
- [enm]
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
**** References
- [entry= dǒmb, dǒumb ]
[enm]
** Old English
*** Etymology
[ang] [ang] From [ang].
*** Pronunciation
- [dumb]
*** Adjective
[dumb]
1. mute , [en] (unable to speak)
2. * LATE 10TH CENTURY , 吴语: Ælfric of Eynsham , _Lives of Saints (see https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/452/mode/2up?view=theater) _
3. *: [ang]
4. [ang] a mute
5. * C. 990 , _[Wessex Gospels]_ , Luke 11:14 (see https://archive.org/stream/dahalgangodspelo00thor#page/n151/mode/2up)
6. *: [ang]
**** Declension
[dumb]
**** Related terms
- [ang]
**** Descendants
- [enm]
- [sco]
- [en]