# dumminess

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The quality of being silly or foolish.
2. A disease in horses, characterised by immobility and a hanging position of the head, the result of acute encephalitis.

## Etymology
From dummy + -ness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dumminess