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linguaform

linguaform is the uncommon form of linguiform.

Meaning of linguiform

Adjective

linguiform (comparative more linguiform, superlative most linguiform)

  1. Shaped like a tongue.

Adjective

linguaform (comparative more linguaform, superlative most linguaform)

  1. (uncommon) In the form of language.
    • Second, [Stephen] Kosslyn thinks that the representations constructed in visual imagination are syntactically and semantically pictorial, rather than linguaform.1990, Kim Sterelny, “Homuncular Functionalism”, in The Representational Theory of Mind: An Introduction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; Cambridge, Mass.: Basil Blackwell, published 1991, →ISBN, chapter 1 (A...
    • I also stress the pre-reflective and pre-conscious nature of many aspects of this reciprocity, which means that some of these relations are sensed without us necessarily being aware of them, as a result of their embedding in all kinds of habitual and ‘learned’ cognitive skills, including our own...2013, Jonathan Owen Clark, “The intrinsic significance of dance: a phenomenological approach”, in Jenny Bunker, Anna Pakes, Bonnie Rowell, editors, Thinking Through Dance: The Philosophy of Dance...

Forms of linguaform

comparativemore linguaform
superlativemost linguaform

Origin of linguaform

With alteration after Classical Latin lingua (“tongue”).

From Classical Latin lingua (“language”) + -form.

Questions about linguaform

What does linguaform mean?
Linguaform means in the form of language.
What is linguaform the uncommon form of?
Linguaform is the uncommon form of linguiform.
What part of speech is linguaform?
Linguaform is an adjective.

Words near linguaform in the dictionary

  1. linguae
  2. linguae francae
  3. linguaeform
  4. linguaflexid
  5. linguaflexids
  6. linguaform
  7. lingual
  8. lingual arteries
  9. lingual artery
  10. lingual bone
  11. lingual bones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linguaform (page history and authors); linguiform (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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