monddood
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Etymology edit
From mond + dood, a calque of German mundtot (“silenced”). The term was reinterpreted as meaning "dead in the mouth", but it is originally a legal term meaning “legally incapable”, with the component mund- from Old High German munt (“protection, guardianship”), from Proto-Germanic *mundō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
monddood (comparative monddoder, superlative monddoodst)
- silenced, (made) unable to communicate one's thoughts
- Ze was monddood gemaakt door de anonieme bedreigingen.
- She was silenced by the anonymous threats.