单词 | obmutescence |
释义 | obmutescence|ɒbmjuːˈtɛsəns| [f. L. obmūtēsc-ĕre to become dumb or mute (f. ob- (ob- 1 b) + mūtēscĕre to grow mute) + -ence.] A becoming (wilfully) mute, speechless, or dumb; the action of obstinately remaining mute.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. viii. 122 A vehement fear which naturally produceth obmutescence. 1794Paley Evid. ii. ii. (1817) 59 The obmutescence, the gloom and mortification of religious orders. 1827Blackw. Mag. XXII. 488 Subject to habitual and invincible obmutescence. So obmuˈtescent a., remaining mute.
1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career I. iv. 61 [He] pummelled the obmutescent mass, to the confusion of a conceivable epic. |

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