Definition of Furry tongue

1. Noun. A benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue.

Exact synonyms: Black Tongue, Hairy Tongue
Generic synonyms: Side Effect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furry Tongue

furrow
furrowed
furrower
furrowers
furrowest
furrowing
furrowlike
furrows
furrowy
furrs
furry
furry fandom
furry lobster
furry lobsters
furry muff
furry tongue (current term)
furrydom
furs
fursecution
furshlugginer
fursona
fursonas
furst
fursuit
fursuited
fursuiter
fursuiters
fursuiting
fursuits
fursultiamin

Literary usage of Furry tongue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"The purple hibiscus is shrivelled and withered, And languid lolls its furry tongue ; The burning ..."

2. The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay (1915)
"Though he says worse than nothing, his furry tongue, by endless reiteration, is the American slum oracle. At the present the bar-tender handles the ..."

3. A Gilbertese-English Dictionary by Hiram Bingham (1908)
"Ua'nanal, n. a furred and whitish condition of the tongue and mouth. TTa'nanai, a. having a white and furry tongue and mouth. ..."

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