monddood

Dutch

Etymology

From mond +‎ dood, a calque of German mundtot (“silenced”). The term was reinterpreted as meaning "dead in the mouth", but it is originally a legal term meaning “legally incapable”, with the component mund- from Old High German munt (“protection, guardianship”), from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔnˈdoːt/
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  • Hyphenation: mond‧dood

Noun

monddood (comparative monddoder, superlative monddoodst)

  1. silenced, (made) unable to communicate one's thoughts
    Ze was monddood gemaakt door de anonieme bedreigingen.
    She was silenced by the anonymous threats.
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