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silency

silency noun: silence.

Noun

silency (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Silence.
    • Bright in starlight and moonlight, / Fanned by the river breeze, / The silency of the jungle dark / Just broken by sudden hoot or bark, / And with hesh of the waving trees.1881, Mrs. C. D. Field, Recent Gems of Poetry for Public Readings and Recitations, page 109

Questions about silency

What does silency mean?
Silency means silence.
What part of speech is silency?
Silency is a noun.

Words near silency in the dictionary

  1. silencer
  2. silencers
  3. silences
  4. silencing
  5. silencings
  6. silency
  7. silene
  8. sileneoside
  9. silenes
  10. sileni
  11. silenic

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