Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elinguid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elin-guid
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

tongue-tied, dumb or speechless

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin elinguis (“deprived of a tongue, tongueless; speechless”), from e + lingua (“tongue”).

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does elinguid mean?: tongue-tied, dumb or speechless
Where does elinguid come from?: From Latin elinguis (“deprived of a tongue, tongueless; speechless”), from e + lingua (“tongue”).

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