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Definition of Voiceliss
Voice"less, a. 1. Having
no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
I live and die unheard,
With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Byron.
2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a
voiceless consonant; surd.
Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made
with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a
surd mute, as p, t, k.
-- Voice"less*ly, adv. --
Voice"less*ness, n.
Voice"less, a. 1. Having
no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
I live and die unheard,
With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Byron.
2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a
voiceless consonant; surd.
Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made
with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a
surd mute, as p, t, k.
-- Voice"less*ly, adv. --
Voice"less*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Of a consonantal sound) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced. Examples: , , .
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The proper spelling of this word is: Voiceless
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