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Speechless

//ˈspiːt͡ʃ.lɪs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.; wordless. not-comparable

    "When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely speechless."

  2. 2
    Synonym of unspeakable. archaic, not-comparable

    "Immortal Pleaſures round my ſwimming Eyes did dance, And ſpeechleſs Joys, in whoſe ſweet Tumult toſt, I thought my Breath, and my new Being loſt."

Adjective
  1. 1
    temporarily incapable of speaking wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power of speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, equivalent to speech + -less. Cognate with West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”), Dutch sprakeloos (“speechless”), German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”), German sprachlos (“speechless”).

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