English Explanatory Dictionary

tongued

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling a tongue.
  2. Having a particular manner of speaking.
  3. Having a tongue for towing.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of tongue

Pronunciation

/tʌŋd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tongued.wav

Word forms

tongued

Etymology

From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).

Antonyms

tongueless

Derived words

acid-tongued blue-tongued lizard blue-tongued skink Cadena's long-tongued bat close-tongued disc-tongued frog double-tongued false-tongued fiery-tongued fork-tongued foul-tongued free-tongued full-tongued golden-tongued honey-tongued long-tongued long-tongued bat loose-tongued lying-tongued many-tongued one-tongued Pallas's long-tongued bat Patton's long-tongued bat quick-tongued sharp-tongued silver-tongued single-tongued slick-tongued sly-tongued smooth-tongued soft-tongued sweet-tongued three-tongued treble-tongued twi-tongued two-tongued venomous-tongued
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