obmutescence

British

/ ˌɒbmjuːˈtɛsəns /

noun

archaic persistent silence

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Other Word Forms

obmutescent adjective

Etymology

Origin of obmutescence

C17: from Latin obmūtescere to become mute

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

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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.

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