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fork-tongued

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
fork--tongued
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

deceitful, duplicitous, beguiling

Etymology

From various depictions of the Devil with a forked tongue, much like a snake's.

Inflected Forms

more fork-tongued (comparative) most fork-tongued (superlative)

Questions

What does fork-tongued mean?
deceitful, duplicitous, beguiling
Where does fork-tongued come from?
From various depictions of the Devil with a forked tongue, much like a snake's.

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