stone deaf



stone deaf

Totally unable to hear, as in Poor Grandpa, in the last year he's become stone deaf. [First half of 1800s]
See also: deaf, stone

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nediljko-Croatian
Decker['dekə]
BertaBER-tah (Polish, German, Italian)Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene
Beach[bi:tʃ]
LorieLAWR-eeEnglish
HarrisHAR-is, HER-isEnglish