Dictionary

tongueless en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of an animal or person) Having no tongue. ▸ Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
   • tongueless amphibians
2. (not-comparable, of wagons and farm implements) Having no tongue. ▸ Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
   • tongueless plow
3. (not-comparable) Lacking speech; mute.
4. (not-comparable) Making no sound; silent, speechless.
5. (not-comparable) Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.

Antonyms

tongued · aglossal · tongued

Deriveds

tonguelessly · tonguelessness · tongueless frog

Relateds

untongued

Translations (3)

fa بیزبان (having no tongue) · grc ἄγλωσσος (having no tongue) · la ēlinguis (having no tongue)