| slovo | definícia |
deaf
(encz) | deaf,hluchý adj: |
deaf
(encz) | deaf,neslyšící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Deaf
(gcide) | Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t.
To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Deaf
(gcide) | Deaf \Deaf\ (d[e^]f or d[=e]f; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef,
AS. de['a]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan.
d["o]v, Sw. d["o]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the
original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses),
and perh. to Gr. tyflo`s (for qyflo`s) blind, ty^fos smoke,
vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb.]
1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf
man.
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Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak.
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2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive;
regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or
exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
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O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak.
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3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
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Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
--Dryden.
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4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
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A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden.
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5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they
[peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds
will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland.
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deaf
(wn) | deaf
adj 1: lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in
part [ant: hearing(a)]
2: (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed;
"deaf to her warnings" [syn: deaf(p), indifferent(p)]
n 1: people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the
deaf use sign language"
v 1: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: deafen,
deaf] |
DEAF
(bouvier) | DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. A man born deaf, dumb, and blind, is considered an
idiot. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 304; F. N. B. 233; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2111.
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deafanddumb
(mass) | deaf-and-dumb
- hluchonemý |
deafening
(mass) | deafening
- ohlušujúci |
conduction deafness
(encz) | conduction deafness, n: |
deaf as a post
(encz) | deaf as a post,hluchý jako poleno [fráz.] pino |
deaf person
(encz) | deaf person, n: |
deaf to
(encz) | deaf to, adj: |
deaf-aid
(encz) | deaf-aid,sluchadlo Zdeněk Brož |
deaf-and-dumb
(encz) | deaf-and-dumb,hluchoněmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deaf-and-dumb person
(encz) | deaf-and-dumb person, n: |
deaf-mute
(encz) | deaf-mute,hluchoněmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deaf-muteness
(encz) | deaf-muteness,hluchoněmost n: Zdeněk Brož |
deaf-mutism
(encz) | deaf-mutism,hluchoněmost n: Zdeněk Brož |
deafen
(encz) | deafen,ohlušit |
deafened
(encz) | deafened, adj: |
deafening
(encz) | deafening,hrobový Jaroslav Šedivýdeafening,izolace Jaroslav Šedivýdeafening,naprostý Jaroslav Šedivýdeafening,ohlušující Jaroslav Šedivý |
deafeningly
(encz) | deafeningly,ohlušivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
deafer
(encz) | deafer,méně slyšící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deafest
(encz) | deafest, |
deafness
(encz) | deafness,hluchota n: Zdeněk Brož |
fall on deaf ears
(encz) | fall on deaf ears, |
middle-ear deafness
(encz) | middle-ear deafness, n: |
nerve deafness
(encz) | nerve deafness, n: |
profoundly deaf
(encz) | profoundly deaf, adj: |
really deaf
(encz) | really deaf, |
stone deaf
(encz) | stone deaf,hluchý adj: naprosto hluchý Pino |
stone-deaf
(encz) | stone-deaf,hluchý jako pařez adj: Petr Prášek |
tone deafness
(encz) | tone deafness, n: |
tone-deaf
(encz) | tone-deaf,bez hudebního sluchu Zdeněk Brož |
word deafness
(encz) | word deafness, n: |
Deaf
(gcide) | Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t.
To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Deaf \Deaf\ (d[e^]f or d[=e]f; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef,
AS. de['a]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan.
d["o]v, Sw. d["o]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the
original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses),
and perh. to Gr. tyflo`s (for qyflo`s) blind, ty^fos smoke,
vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb.]
1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf
man.
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Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak.
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2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive;
regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or
exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
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O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak.
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3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
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Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
--Dryden.
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4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
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A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden.
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5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they
[peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds
will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland.
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deaf and dumb
(gcide) | deaf and dumb \deaf and dumb\, deaf-and-dumb \deaf-and-dumb\adj.
both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing
or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Deaf and dumb
(gcide) | deaf and dumb \deaf and dumb\, deaf-and-dumb \deaf-and-dumb\adj.
both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing
or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See Deaf, and cf.
Dummy.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute.
Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
(Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.
Dumb crambo. See under crambo.
Dumb show.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.
Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.
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Deaf and dumb alphabet
(gcide) | Alphabet \Al"pha*bet\, n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. ? + ?, the
first two Greek letters; Heb. [=a]leph and beth: cf. F.
alphabet.]
1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order;
the series of letters or signs which form the elements of
written language.
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2. The simplest rudiments; elements.
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The very alphabet of our law. --Macaulay.
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Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.
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deaf-aid
(gcide) | deaf-aid \deaf-aid\ n.
an electronic device which amplifies sound and is worn to
compensate for poor hearing.
Syn: hearing aid.
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deaf-and-dumb
(gcide) | deaf and dumb \deaf and dumb\, deaf-and-dumb \deaf-and-dumb\adj.
both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing
or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute.
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Deafen
(gcide) | Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deafening.] [From Deaf.]
1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
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Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
--Addison.
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2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
with paper, etc.
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Deafened
(gcide) | Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deafening.] [From Deaf.]
1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
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Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
--Addison.
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2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
with paper, etc.
[1913 Webster]deafened \deafened\ adj.
rendered deaf.
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deafened
(gcide) | Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deafening.] [From Deaf.]
1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
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Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
--Addison.
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2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
with paper, etc.
[1913 Webster]deafened \deafened\ adj.
rendered deaf.
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deafening
(gcide) | Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See Pug, v. t.]
1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make
it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for
pottery, etc.
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2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under
the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden
sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
[1913 Webster]Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deafening.] [From Deaf.]
1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
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Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
--Addison.
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2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
with paper, etc.
[1913 Webster]deafening \deaf"en*ing\, n.
The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a
floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are
filled in this process; pugging; sound insulation.
[1913 Webster]deafening \deaf"en*ing\, a.
extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco
with rock music played at a deafening volume.
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Deafening
(gcide) | Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See Pug, v. t.]
1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make
it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for
pottery, etc.
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2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under
the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden
sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
[1913 Webster]Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deafening.] [From Deaf.]
1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
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Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
--Addison.
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2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
with paper, etc.
[1913 Webster]deafening \deaf"en*ing\, n.
The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a
floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are
filled in this process; pugging; sound insulation.
[1913 Webster]deafening \deaf"en*ing\, a.
extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco
with rock music played at a deafening volume.
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deafening
(gcide) | Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See Pug, v. t.]
1. The act or process of working and tempering clay to make
it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for
pottery, etc.
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2. (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under
the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden
sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
[1913 Webster]Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deafening.] [From Deaf.]
1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to
render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
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Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
--Addison.
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2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or
floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining
with paper, etc.
[1913 Webster]deafening \deaf"en*ing\, n.
The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a
floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are
filled in this process; pugging; sound insulation.
[1913 Webster]deafening \deaf"en*ing\, a.
extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco
with rock music played at a deafening volume.
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Deafly
(gcide) | Deafly \Deaf"ly\, adv.
Without sense of sounds; obscurely.
[1913 Webster]Deafly \Deaf"ly\, a.
Lonely; solitary. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Deaf-mute
(gcide) | Deaf-mute \Deaf"-mute`\, n.
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.]
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Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by
artificial methods, they have been taught to speak
imperfectly.
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deaf-muteness
(gcide) | deaf-muteness \deaf-muteness\, deaf-mutism \deaf-mutism\n.
the condition of being a deaf-mute; a congenital deafness
that results in inability to speak.
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deaf-mutism
(gcide) | deaf-muteness \deaf-muteness\, deaf-mutism \deaf-mutism\n.
the condition of being a deaf-mute; a congenital deafness
that results in inability to speak.
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Deafness
(gcide) | Deafness \Deaf"ness\, n.
1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs
which prevents the impression which constitute hearing;
want of the sense of hearing.
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2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is
addressed to the understanding.
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Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon
morbid change in some portion of the nervous system,
especially the auditory nerve.
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Nervous deafness
(gcide) | Deafness \Deaf"ness\, n.
1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs
which prevents the impression which constitute hearing;
want of the sense of hearing.
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2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is
addressed to the understanding.
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Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon
morbid change in some portion of the nervous system,
especially the auditory nerve.
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Psychical deafness
(gcide) | Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus,
Gr. ?, fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. ? to blow: cf. F.
psychique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living
principle in man.
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Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as
psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have
employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the
living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or
spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word
describes the human soul in its relation to sense,
appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished
from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do
with the supersensible world. --Heyse.
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2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and
diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.
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Psychical blindness, Psychical deafness (Med.), forms of
nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and
hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate
the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen.
Psychical contagion, the transference of disease,
especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force
of example.
Psychical medicine, that department of medicine which
treats of mental diseases.
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Stone-deaf
(gcide) | Stone-deaf \Stone"-deaf`\, a.
As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
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Undeaf
(gcide) | Undeaf \Un*deaf"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + deaf.]
To free from deafness; to cause to hear. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Word deafness
(gcide) | Word \Word\, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord,
G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa['u]rd,
OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or
perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr an orator. Cf. Verb.]
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1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate
or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal
sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom
expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of
human speech or language; a constituent part of a
sentence; a term; a vocable. "A glutton of words." --Piers
Plowman.
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You cram these words into mine ears, against
The stomach of my sense. --Shak.
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Amongst men who confound their ideas with words,
there must be endless disputes. --Locke.
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2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of
characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a
page.
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3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
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Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak.
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Be thy words severe;
Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. --Dryden.
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4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; --
used only in the singular.
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I pray you . . . bring me word thither
How the world goes. --Shak.
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5. Signal; order; command; direction.
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Give the word through. --Shak.
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6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of
the person who utters it; statement; affirmation;
declaration; promise.
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Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak.
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I know you brave, and take you at your word.
--Dryden.
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I desire not the reader should take my word.
--Dryden.
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7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.
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Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me.
--Shak.
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8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase,
clause, or short sentence.
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All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v.
14.
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She said; but at the happy word "he lives,"
My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound.
--Tennyson.
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There is only one other point on which I offer a
word of remark. --Dickens.
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By word of mouth, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle.
Compound word. See under Compound, a.
Good word, commendation; favorable account. "And gave the
harmless fellow a good word." --Pope.
In a word, briefly; to sum up.
In word, in declaration; in profession. "Let us not love in
word, . . . but in deed and in truth." --1 John iii. 8.
Nuns of the Word Incarnate (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns
founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The
order, which also exists in the United States, was
instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the "Mystery
of the Incarnation of the Son of God."
The word, or The Word. (Theol.)
(a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a
revelation of God. "Bold to speak the word without
fear." --Phil. i. 14.
(b) The second person in the Trinity before his
manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those
who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of
the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1.
To eat one's words, to retract what has been said.
To have the words for, to speak for; to act as spokesman.
[Obs.] "Our host hadde the wordes for us all." --Chaucer.
Word blindness (Physiol.), inability to understand printed
or written words or symbols, although the person affected
may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write
correctly. --Landois & Stirling.
Word deafness (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken
words, though the person affected may hear them and other
sounds, and hence is not deaf.
Word dumbness (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in
verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired.
Word for word, in the exact words; verbatim; literally;
exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word.
Word painting, the act of describing an object fully and
vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the
mind, as if in a picture.
Word picture, an accurate and vivid description, which
presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a
picture.
Word square, a series of words so arranged that they can be
read vertically and horizontally with like results.
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Note:
H E A R T
E M B E R
A B U S E
R E S I N
T R E N T
(A word square)
Syn: See Term.
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conduction deafness
(wn) | conduction deafness
n 1: hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle
ear [syn: conductive hearing loss, conduction deafness,
middle-ear deafness] |
deaf as a post
(wn) | deaf as a post
adj 1: totally deaf; unable to hear anything [syn: {profoundly
deaf}, stone-deaf, deaf as a post, unhearing] |
deaf person
(wn) | deaf person
n 1: a person with a severe auditory impairment |
deaf-aid
(wn) | deaf-aid
n 1: an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to
compensate for poor hearing [syn: hearing aid, {deaf-
aid}] |
deaf-and-dumb
(wn) | deaf-and-dumb
adj 1: lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak
[syn: deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute] |
deaf-and-dumb person
(wn) | deaf-and-dumb person
n 1: a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, {deaf-
mute}, deaf-and-dumb person] |
deaf-mute
(wn) | deaf-mute
adj 1: lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak
[syn: deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute]
n 1: a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, {deaf-
mute}, deaf-and-dumb person] |
deaf-muteness
(wn) | deaf-muteness
n 1: congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
[syn: deaf-mutism, deaf-muteness] |
deaf-mutism
(wn) | deaf-mutism
n 1: congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
[syn: deaf-mutism, deaf-muteness] |
deafen
(wn) | deafen
v 1: be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
2: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: deafen,
deaf]
3: make soundproof; "deafen a room" |
deafened
(wn) | deafened
adj 1: caused to hear poorly or not at all |
deafening
(wn) | deafening
adj 1: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn:
deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery] |
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