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tongueless

ton·gue·less

uncommon

adjective

1.

lacking a tongue

  • “tongueless moccasins”
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2.

lacking power of speech

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3.

expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate

  • “a mute appeal”
  • “a silent curse”
  • “best grief is tongueless” Emily Dickinson
  • “the words stopped at her lips unsounded”
  • “unspoken grief”
  • “choking exasperation and wordless shame” Thomas Wolfe
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • tongueless frog

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