Speechlessness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Speechless \Speech"less\, a.
     1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
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     2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
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              Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Speech"less*ly}, adv. --
        {Speech"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  speechlessness
       n : the property of being speechless