Meaning

5 senses
  1. Having no tongue.

    (not comparable)Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.

    tongueless amphibians

  2. (not comparable)Having no tongue because hitched in another way.

    tongueless plow

  3. (not comparable)Lacking speech; mute.

    lacking a tongue

  4. (not comparable)Making no sound; silent, speechless.

  5. (not comparable)Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.

    expressed without speech

Origin

From Middle English tongeles, tunglees, equivalent to tongue + -less. Cognate with Old Nor

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

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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