"wordless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wordless [comparative], most wordless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English wordles, equivalent to word + -less. Compare Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), Danish ordløs (“wordless”), Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wordles}} Middle English wordles, {{af|en|word|-less}} word + -less, {{cog|nl|woordeloos|t=speechless, inexpressible in words}} Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), {{cog|de|wortlos|t=silent, speechless}} German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), {{cog|da|ordløs|t=wordless}} Danish ordløs (“wordless”), {{cog|sv|ordlös|t=wordless}} Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), {{cog|is|orðlaus|t=wordless, speechless}} Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechless”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} wordless (comparative more wordless, superlative most wordless)
  1. Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid. Translations (unspoken): неизразен с думи (neizrazen s dumi) (Bulgarian), sanaton (Finnish), sen palabras (Galician), bezsłowny (Polish), bezwyrazowy (Polish), vô ngôn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-wordless-en-adj-LPMvnA3w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'unspoken': 92 8
  2. Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate. Synonyms: speechless Translations (unable or unwilling to speak): безмълвен (bezmǎlven) (Bulgarian), mykkä (Finnish), sanaton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wordless-en-adj-jtbxq5Sj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'unable or unwilling to speak': 3 97

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