Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation. · Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way. · Dumb or stupid. · Causing numbness.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo cause to become numb (physically or emotionally). · To cause (a feeling) to be less intense. · To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute. · To become numb (especially physically).
From the past participle of nim (“to take”). Compare German benommen (“dazed, numb”) and Old Norse numinn. The final ⟨b⟩ is a later addition; it was never pronounced, and did not appear in the original word.
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