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dentiloquists

dentiloquists is the plural of dentiloquist.

Meaning of dentiloquist

Noun

dentiloquist (plural dentiloquists)

  1. (rare) Someone who speaks through clenched teeth.
    • To add to my mumbling complaint, (for, you must know, I have been quite a dentiloquist,) I have an only sister on a visit to me, who has been alarmingly ill for some time.1834, letter from John Fawcett to Charles Matthews dated 10 March 1834, re-printed in Anne Jackson Mathews, Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, Volume IV, Richard Bentley (1839), page 183

Questions about dentiloquists

What is dentiloquists the plural of?
Dentiloquists is the plural of dentiloquist.

Words near dentiloquists in the dictionary

  1. dentilingual
  2. dentilinguals
  3. dentillated
  4. dentilled
  5. dentiloquist
  6. dentiloquists
  7. dentils
  8. dentin
  9. dentinal
  10. dentinal fiber
  11. dentinal fibers

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