The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dumbness \Dumb"ness\, n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dumbness n 1: the quality of being mentally slow and limited [syn: denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness]