# jawfallen

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Dejected, dispirited.
2. Having a "fallen" or locked jaw (and hence sometimes unable to speak), variously attributed to dejection (the previous sense) or lockjaw.

## Etymology
From jaw + fallen.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jawfallen