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elinguid

elinguid adjective: tongue-tied, dumb or speechless.

Adjective

elinguid (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) tongue-tied, dumb or speechless

Origin of elinguid

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

Questions about elinguid

What does elinguid mean?
Elinguid means tongue-tied, dumb or speechless.
What part of speech is elinguid?
Elinguid is an adjective.

Words near elinguid in the dictionary

  1. Elina
  2. Eling
  3. Elingamite
  4. Elingamite North
  5. elinguation
  6. elinguid
  7. Eliniko
  8. Elinikon
  9. elinin
  10. Elino
  11. elinogrel

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