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Webster 1913 Edition

Speechless

Speech′less

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Adj.
1.
Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
2.
Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Speechless
with wonder, and half dead with fear.
Addison.
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Speech′less-ly
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adv.
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Speech′less-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Speechless

SPEE'CHLESS

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Adj.
1.
Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. More generally,
2.
Mute; silent; not speaking for a time. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.

Definition 2024

speechless

speechless

English

Adjective

speechless ‎(not comparable)

  1. not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.
    When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely speechless.

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Etymology

From Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas ‎(“speechless; without the power of speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, equivalent to speech +‎ -less. Cognate with West Frisian sprakeleas ‎(“speechless”), Dutch sprakeloos ‎(“speechless”), German Low German spraaklos ‎(“speechless”), German sprachlos ‎(“speechless”).

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