Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
English-Thai Dictionary

deaf-mute

N คน หูหนวก และ เป็น ใบ้  kon-hu-nuak-lae-pen-bai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEAF-MUTE

DEAF-MUTE Deaf "-mute `, n.

 

Defn: A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [See Illust. of Dactylology. ] Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods,they have been taught to speak imperfectly.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deaf-mute

deaf-mute usu. offensive ▶noun a person who is both deaf and unable to speak. ▶adjective (of a person ) both deaf and unable to speak. usage: In modern use, deaf-mute has acquired offensive connotations (implying, wrongly, that such people are without the capacity for communication ). It should be avoided in favor of other terms such as profoundly deaf. See also usage at mute .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deaf-mute

deaf-mute /-̀-́, -́-̀ / (!⦅けなして やや古 ⦆) 形容詞 聾唖 (ろうあ )の .名詞 C 聾唖者 .

 

Version: 1.0; Provided by asianlighthouse.com