English Explanatory Dictionary

gap-toothed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.
  2. Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth.

Word forms

gap-toothed

Etymology

From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tothed (literally “gate-toothed”), equivalent to gap + toothed.

Synonyms

diastematic gappy
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