deafo
deafo noun: a deaf person.
Noun
deafo (plural deafos)
- A deaf person.
- I have heard a headteacher in school refer to the 'deafos' in the unit and that, arguably, was more unforgivable than the remark made by a man watching the Bromley Chain float pass by in the carnival procession.2003, Jenny Froude, Making Sense in Sign: A Lifeline for a Deaf Child, page 156
- When I was in college, there was a group of kids living in my dorm that we called the “Deafos.” The Deafos were all deaf like I am now, which ought to be a huge lesson in karma for us all.2008, Valerie Fausone, Fountain of Marvelous, page 115
Forms of deafo
| plural | deafos |
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Origin of deafo
From deaf + -o.
Questions about deafo
- What does deafo mean?
- Deafo means a deaf person.
- What part of speech is deafo?
- Deafo is a noun.
- What is the plural of deafo?
- The plural of deafo is deafos.
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