英和和英

形容詞

deaf-mute (not comparable)

1. (now offensive) Unable to hear or speak.

   Synonym: deaf

使用する際の注意点

Note that individuals formerly called deaf-mute are rarely actually unable to speak and hence are merely deaf. The inability to speak is related to either choice or the unavailability of educational resources for the deaf. Thus, the preferred term now is simply deaf.

同意語

• deaf and dumb (now offensive or literary)

派生語

名詞

deaf-mute (plural deaf-mutes)

1. (now offensive) A person who is unable to hear or speak.

   Synonym: deaf person

   • 1959 September, K. Hoole, “The Middlesbrough-Newcastle route of the N.E.R.: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 417:

     This buckling was first noticed by a deaf-mute who was walking over a bridge across the line and he pointed it out to the driver of a steamroller which happened to be passing.

   • 1974 April 20, “Beacon Hill Murder”, in Gay Community News, page 1:

     Andrew was studying to become a teacher of deaf-mutes.

使用する際の注意点

See notes at Adjective. The preferred noun now is simply deaf person.

参考

• blind
• deaf
• mute

参照

• “deaf-mute”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• fume date