Shtum

//ʃtʊm// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Silent; speechless; dumb. not-comparable

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שטום (shtum, “mute, dumb, voiceless”), from Middle High German stum, from Old High German stum, from Proto-West Germanic *stumm. Cognate with German stumm, Dutch stom, Swedish stum. Doublet of stum.

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