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obmutescence

/ ˌɒbmjuːˈtɛsəns /

noun

  1. archaic.
    persistent silence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌobmuˈtescent, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obmutescence1

C17: from Latin obmūtescere to become mute
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Example Sentences

Obmutescence, ob-mū-tes′ens, n. loss of speech, dumbness.

Associated words: extempore, extemporaneous, extemporize, extemporization, impromptu, improvise, improvisation, brogue, aphasia, amnesia, oratory, elocution, rhetoric, oratorical, rhetorical, rhetorician, elocutionary, peroration, voluble, volubility, fluent, fluency. speechless, a. dumb, mute, aphasic, inarticulate. speechlessness, n. dumbness, muteness, obmutescence, taciturnity, aphasia. speed, n. velocity, swiftness, rapidity, celerity, haste, expedition, dispatch, posthaste; impetuosity.

Therefore, I was manna in the desert of Jud's obmutescence.

Therefore, I was manna in the desert of Jud's obmutescence.

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