Engourdi par le froid.
1. Lacking the human power of speech
2. of a person , often offensive; lacking the ability to speak
3. Temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment)
4. Not expressed in uttered words
5. Silent; also; Taciturn
6. Lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment; especially; having no means of self-propulsion
7. Lacking intelligence; stupid
8. Showing a lack of intelligence
9. Requiring no intelligence
10. Not having the capability to process data — compare intelligent
ETYM Old Eng. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, as. niman, p. p. numen. Related to Nimble, Nomad, Benumb.
1. Deprived of sensation and motion; benumbed; insensible.
2. Producing numbness; benumbing.
1. Bidon. Boire ŕ la gourde.
2. Niais. Agir comme une gourde.
(Homonym: gored).
1. Any of numerous hard-rinded inedible fruits.
2. Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears hard-rinded fruits; SYN. gourd vine.
3. Made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd; SYN. calabash.
Names applied to various members of the family Cucurbitaceae, including melons, squashes, and pumpkins. In a narrower sense, the name is applied to an inedible, ornamental variety of pumpkin Cucurbita pepa.