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def

Pronunciation: /dɛ̝ːf/

“def” is a Middle English word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. Deaf; unable to hear
  2. Inanimate, non-living.
  3. Unhearing; unwilling to hear.
  4. Useless, nonfunctional (of veins or implements)
  5. Foolish, stupid.

Etymology

PIE root *dʰewbʰ- Inherited from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz.

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