Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without all of the intended functionality. · To feint.
adv
Extremely.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA silent person; a person who does not talk. · A stupid person. · A term of address. · A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica.
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