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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

aloll en · ADJ

Etymology

From a- + loll.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Hanging loosely.
    • The gentleman in the illustration seemed likewise stricken with awe by the sight. His hands were clasped before him as he leaned forward, eyes wide and tongue aloll. 1996, Laura Parker, Risque, page 121:
    • but when he sobered up the next day, he never recollected any of it and just waved her off, throbbing head aloll on his neck. 2012, Kellie Wells, Fat Girl, Terrestrial, page 170:
    • Before I could loose the choking strap from her neck, she stood quite dead at the edge of my farthest field, her eyes popping and her tongue aloll. 2000, Emily Barton, The Testament of Yves Gundron, page 7:
    • […] and the dogs trotting with their tongues aloll and footslaves following half naked and sorely burdened […] 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN: