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Roget-categorie 581

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means

#581. Aphony

zelfstandig naamwoord

aphony, aphoniadumbness etc. adj. — obmutescenceabsence of voice, want of voicedysphonycacoepysilence etc. (taciturnity) 585 raucityharsh voice etc. 410, unmusical voice etc. 414falsetto, childish treble mute —" dummy.

werkwoord

keep silence etc. 585speak low, speak softlywhisper etc. (faintness) 405.
silencerender mute, render silentmuzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounderdrown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short.
stick in the throat.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

aphonous, dumb, mutedeafmute, deaf and dumbmumtongue-tiedbreathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerelsilent etc. (taciturn) 585muzzledinarticulate, inaudible.
croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a ravenrough.

bijwoord

with bated breath, with the finger on the lipssotto voce [Lat.]in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice.

uitdrukking

vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil].

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