Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Restrained or restricted in speech; unable or unwilling to express one's self; also, bound by one's word or promise.
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Examples
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Human ignorance is the result of word-bound ideas.
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Alvin and I, we word-bound thinkers, are similar in that regard.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Alvin and I, we word-bound thinkers, are similar in that regard.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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At any rate, if he himself felt rather word-bound, the fountain was nimble and entertaining.
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