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monddood

monddood

Dutch

Noun

monddood ‎(comparative monddoder, superlative monddoodst)

  1. silenced, (made) unable to communicate one's thoughts
    Ze was monddood gemaakt door de beschuldigingen van de oppositie.‎
    She was silenced by the accusations of the opposition.

Etymology

From mond +‎ dood, a calque of German mundtot. The term was reinterpreted as meaning "dead in the mouth", but it is originally a legal term meaning “legally incapable”, with the component mund- from Old High German munt ‎(“protection, guardianship”), from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔndoːt/

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