deafness

Roget category 419

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#419. Deafness

noun

deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity^† — inaudibility, inaudibleness^†.

verb

be deaf etc. adj. — have no ear — shut one's ears, stop one's ears, close one's ears — turn a deaf ear to.
render deaf, stun, deafen.

adjective

deaf, earless^†, surd — hard of hearing, dull of hearing — deaf-mute, stunned, deafened — stone deaf — deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker^†.
inaudible, out of hearing.

phrase

hear no evil.
(6) Light (i) LIGHT IN GENERAL

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