Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: dumb – durable
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dumb, n. [see dumb, adj.]
Mute; person lacking speech abilities; (see Exodus 4:11).
dumbly, adv. [see dumb, adj.]
Mutely; silently; without words or speech.
dun, adj. [OE, brown.] (webplay: air).
Dark color; black; dull; swarthy.
dunce, n. [An application of the name of John Duns Scotus, the celebrated scholastic theologian, called 'Doctor Subtilis' the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308.] (webplay: dull).
Person of weak intellect; dullard; dolt; thick skull.
dungeon (-s, -'s), n. [Fr. donjon, lord; see dominion, n.] (webplay: light, prison).
Close prison; deep dark place of confinement; (see Genesis 40:15).
dungeoned, adj. [see dungeon, n.]
Imprison; incarcerate; confine.
duplicate, n. [L. duplicāt-us, doubled.]
Second thing of same kind.
duplicate, v. [see duplicate, n.]
Double; fold.
duplicity, n. [Fr. duplicité < L. duplex, folded two ways.]
Double dealing; dissimulation; deceit.
durable (-r, durably), adj. [L. dūrābilis.] (webplay: honest).
Tough; lasting; continual; (see Proverbs 8:18).