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- [tuhng]
- /tʌŋ/
- /tʌŋ.ləs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tuhng]
- /tʌŋ/
Definitions of tongueless word
- noun tongueless Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking. 1
- noun tongueless Zoology. an analogous organ in invertebrate animals. 1
- noun tongueless the tongue of an animal, as an ox, beef, or sheep, used for food, often prepared by smoking or pickling. 1
- noun tongueless the human tongue as the organ of speech: No tongue must ever tell the secret. 1
- noun tongueless the faculty or power of speech: a sight no tongue can describe. 1
- noun tongueless speech or talk, especially mere glib or empty talk. 1
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Origin of tongueless
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English tunge, Old English; cognate with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Old Norse tunga, Gothic tuggo; akin to Latin lingua (OL dingua); (v.) Middle English tungen to scold, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Tongueless
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tongueless popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
tongueless usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tongueless
adj tongueless
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