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tongueless

tongueless adjective: having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.

Adjective

tongueless (not comparable)

  1. Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
    • tongueless amphibians
    Antonyms:
    tongued, aglossal
  2. Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
    • tongueless plow
    Antonyms:
    tongued
  3. Lacking speech; mute.
  4. Making no sound; silent, speechless.
  5. Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.

tongueless meaning in Persian

tongueless in Persian

having no tongue
بیزبان

Antonyms of tongueless

Origin of tongueless

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

Words formed from tongueless

Phrases with tongueless

Questions about tongueless

What does tongueless mean?
Tongueless means having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
What is tongueless in Persian?
Tongueless in Persian is بیزبان. See Tongueless meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is tongueless?
Tongueless is an adjective.

Words near tongueless in the dictionary

  1. tonguefucks
  2. tongueful
  3. tonguefuls
  4. tonguejob
  5. tonguejobs
  6. tongueless
  7. tongueless frog
  8. tongueless frogs
  9. tonguelessly
  10. tonguelessness
  11. tonguelet

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