speechlessnessn.
The state or condition of being speechless; lack or loss of speech.
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speechlessness1580
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deaf-dumbness1822
mutism1824
deaf-mutism1865
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surdomutism1880
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1580 J. Dee 22 Oct. in Private Diary (1842) 10 My mervaylous horsnes and in manner spechelesnes toke me.
1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 362 The Immediate preceding Signes of Death are..the Memory confused; Speechelesnesse; Cold Sweats [etc.].
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 470 Aphonia. Dumbness. Speechlessness. Inability of Speech.
1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xvii Her very speechlessness before him had come from the deep pleasure that his presence had given to her.
1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 17 The monstrous doll, whose very size seemed to give a pathetic significance to its speechlessness.
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