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tongueless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
tongue-less
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no tongue.

adj

Having no tongue.

adj

Lacking speech; mute.

adj

Making no sound; silent, speechless.

adj

Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

tonguelessly tonguelessness

Phrases

tongueless frog

Frequently Paired Words

untongued

Synonyms

mute unspoken wordless silent

Antonyms

tongued aglossal

Questions

What does tongueless mean?
Having no tongue.
Where does tongueless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce tongueless

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