untongue
untongue verb: to deprive of a tongue, or of voice.
Verb
untongue (third-person singular simple present untongues, present participle untonguing, simple past and past participle untongued)
- To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.
- Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
- 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.1870, William Carleton, The Fair of Emyvale, and the Master and Scholar. Tales, Etc, page 56
- To take one's tongue off of.
- Unhand me-- er, untongue me, vile monster!2016, Marvel Comics, Power Pack Classic Vol. 1
- What?! Hey! Untongue me!2018, Dennis Hopeless, John Barber, Doctor Strange Vol. 5
Noun
untongue (plural untongues)
- Something that is not a tongue but which does something one associates with a tongue.
- to stay, dying and composing as the untongue licked him toward oblivion and the tenors sang promisisti.2005, The Beloit Poetry Journal - Volumes 56-57, page 18
- I see them walking past its world's -end whine knowing this untongue shreds the tender air in perfect meaninglessness.2013, Simon Jarvis, Night Office
Examples of untongue in a sentence
- Yet till thine axe untongue me, I'll maintain Ours was a mighty scheme, and that it failed, Its chiefest fault.1913, Grace Denio Litchfield, Collected Poems, page 212:
- They are the ones who can untongue you, the poet Adler says.2006, Lisa Zaran, “The Great Ones”, in The Blondes Lay Content, page 68:
- What are you building? she said to him in the same unlanguage, using the same untongue.2023, Danger Slater, Alex Woodroe, House of Rot, page 33:
Forms of untongue
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | untongues |
| present participle | untonguing |
| past participle | untongued |
| past | untongued |
| Noun | |
| plural | untongues |
Origin of untongue
From un- + tongue.
Questions about untongue
- What does untongue mean?
- Untongue means to deprive of a tongue, or of voice.
- How do you use untongue in a sentence?
- Yet till thine axe untongue me, I'll maintain Ours was a mighty scheme, and that it failed, Its chiefest fault.
- What part of speech is untongue?
- Untongue can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of untongue?
- The past tense of untongue is untongued.
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