Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untongue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-tongue
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To take one's tongue off of.

noun

Something that is not a tongue but which does something one associates with a tongue.

Example Sentences

"Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice"
"Mark me, they will untongue you ; decudgel you to a very submissive state of conjugal obedience; and , what is still worse, they will actually bamboozle you —that is to say, unless you deviate your transcendent and subterranean courses."
"Yet till thine axe untongue me, I'll maintain Ours was a mighty scheme, and that it failed, Its chiefest fault."
"They are the ones who can untongue you, the poet Adler says."
"Unhand me-- er, untongue me, vile monster!"
"What?! Hey! Untongue me!"

Etymology

From un- + tongue.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

untongues (present, singular) untonguing (participle, present) untongued (participle, past) untongued (past) untongues (plural)

Questions

What does untongue mean?: To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.
Where does untongue come from?: From un- + tongue.

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