tongueless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having no tongue.
Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
Lacking speech; mute.
Making no sound; silent, speechless.
Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.

tongueless

From Middle English tongeles, tunglees, equivalent to tongue + -less. Cognate with Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”).

tongued aglossal

untongued

tongueless frog tonguelessly tonguelessness

Ancient Greek: ἄγλωσσος Latin: ēlinguis Persian: بیزبان

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