"wordlessness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wordlessnesses [plural]
Etymology: From wordless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wordless|ness}} wordless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} wordlessness (usually uncountable, plural wordlessnesses)
  1. The state of being wordless, speechlessness. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being wordless): sanattomuus (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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