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numb
English
Etymology
From the past participle of nim (“to take”). Compare German benommen (“dazed, numb”). The final ?b? is a later addition to the spelling; it was never pronounced, and did not appear in the original word.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?m, IPA(key): /n?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Adjective
numb (comparative number, superlative numbest)
- Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
- Synonyms: deadened, insensible
- Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
- numb with shock; numb with boredom
- 1915, Nellie McClung, In Times Like These, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, Chapter 2,[1]
- […] when we know that hundreds are rendered homeless every day, and countless thousands are killed and wounded, men and boys mowed down like a field of grain, and with as little compunction, we grow a little bit numb to human misery.
- 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, New York: Modern Library, 1992, Part One, p. 77,[2]
- […] seeing the dog—somehow that made me feel again. I’d been too dazed, too numb, to feel the full viciousness of it.
- 2016, Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time, Random House Canada, Part Three,[3]
- […] he submitted […] as a traitor, his mind numb with vodka, submits to a firing squad.
- Synonym: stunned
- (obsolete) Causing numbness.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 1,[4]
- […] he did lap me
- Even in his own garments, and gave himself,
- All thin and naked to the numb cold night.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act II, Scene 1,[4]
Antonyms
- sensible, sensitive
Derived terms
Related terms
- numskull
Translations
Verb
numb (third-person singular simple present numbs, present participle numbing, simple past and past participle numbed)
- (transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
- Synonym: benumb
- (transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
- 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, “The Grey Woman” in The Grey Woman and Other Tales, London: Smith, Elder & Co.,[5]
- [I was] thankful for the pain, which helped to numb my terror.
- Synonym: dull
- 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, “The Grey Woman” in The Grey Woman and Other Tales, London: Smith, Elder & Co.,[5]
- (transitive) To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
- 1912, Saki, “The Hounds of Fate” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 219,[6]
- […] hunger, fatigue, and despairing hopelessness had numbed his brain […]
- 1927, Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle’s Garden, Part Four, Chapter 6,[7]
- The noise, the rush of air past our ears, was positively terrific. It actually seemed to numb the senses and make it almost impossible to take in impressions at all.
- 2004, Cory Doctorow, Eastern Standard Tribe, Chapter 13,[8]
- [The sofa] exhaled a breath of trapped ancient farts, barf-smell, and antiseptic, the parfum de asylum that gradually numbed my nose to all other scents on the ward.
- Synonym: dull
- 1912, Saki, “The Hounds of Fate” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 219,[6]
- (intransitive) To become numb (especially physically).
- 1918, Lewis R. Freeman, Many Fronts, London: John Murray, “Wonders of the Teleferica,” p. 270,[9]
- […] after fumbling with numbing fingers for ten or fifteen minutes, he waved his hand with a gesture of despair […]
- 1919, Arthur Murray Chisholm, The Land of Strong Men, New York: H.K. Fly, Chapter 18,[10]
- […] once more his feet began to numb. Again he got down and stamped the circulation going, but as soon as he began to ride again they numbed.
- 1918, Lewis R. Freeman, Many Fronts, London: John Murray, “Wonders of the Teleferica,” p. 270,[9]
Derived terms
- mind-numbing
Translations
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gelid
English
Etymology
First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?d??l.?d/
Adjective
gelid (comparative more gelid, superlative most gelid)
- Very cold; icy or frosty.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Of Cassandra-Marat we have spoken often; yet the most surprising truth remains to be spoken: that he actually does not want sense; but, with croaking gelid throat, croaks out masses of the truth, on several things.
- 1898, Florence Earle Coates, Siberia
- Above the gelid source of mountain springs,
?A solitary eagle, circling, flies.
- Above the gelid source of mountain springs,
- 2005, Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams:
- In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
Derived terms
- gelidity / gelidness
- gelidly
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- glide, lidge, liged
Dutch
Etymology
From ge- +? lid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l?t/
- Hyphenation: ge?lid
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
gelid n (plural gelederen)
- row of a formation, battle line
- an organizational rank, especially a military rank
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gelid
Noun
gelid n (plural geleden)
- a joint, a point of articulation
Anagrams
- gilde, ledig
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *g?eleti (“to graze”), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *g?lew-, extension from *g?el- (“throat”), which could be imitative. See also Old English ceole, German Kehle, Proto-Slavic *gl?tati (“to devour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e.l??ð/
Verb
gelid (conjunct ·geil, verbal noun gelt)
- to graze, consume
- c. 700, De Origine Scoticae Linguae from the Yellow Book of Lecan, O'Mulc. 830
- c. 800, Immacaldam Choluim Cille ? ind óclaig, published in "The Lough Foyle Colloquy Texts: Immacaldam Choluim Chille 7 ind Óclaig oc Carraic Eolairg and Immacaldam in Druad Brain 7 Inna Ban?átho Febuil Ós Loch ?ebuil", Ériu 52 (2002), pp. 53-87, edited and with translations by John Carey,
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 80a11
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 143b1
- c. 700, De Origine Scoticae Linguae from the Yellow Book of Lecan, O'Mulc. 830
Inflection
Derived terms
- con·geil
- fo·geil
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gelid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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