"tongueless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English tongeles, tunglees, equivalent to tongue + -less. Cognate with Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tongeles}} Middle English tongeles, {{m|enm|tunglees}} tunglees, {{af|en|tongue|-less}} tongue + -less, {{cog|non|tungulauss|t=tongueless}} Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tongueless (not comparable)
  1. Having no tongue. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (having no tongue): aglossal Translations (having no tongue): ἄγλωσσος (áglōssos) (Ancient Greek), ēlinguis (Latin), بیزبان (Persian)
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-zv9gzcfG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 19 8 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 55 19 5 21 Disambiguation of 'having no tongue': 94 1 3 1 Disambiguation of 'having no tongue': 94 1 3 1
  2. Lacking speech; mute. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-3Txqx024
  3. Making no sound; silent, speechless. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-VK6Xdoy6
  4. Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongueless-en-adj-AZRXXS2F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tongueless frog, tonguelessly, tonguelessness

Download JSON data for tongueless meaning in English (2.4kB)

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      "word": "ἄγλωσσος"
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      "sense": "having no tongue",
      "word": "ēlinguis"
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "having no tongue",
      "word": "بیزبان"
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