Lexic.us

Definition of Tongueless

1. Adjective. Lacking a tongue. "Tongueless moccasins"

2. Adjective. Expressed without speech. "Choking exasperation and wordless shame"

Definition of Tongueless

1. a. Having no tongue.

Definition of Tongueless

1. Adjective. Having no tongue ¹

2. Adjective. Lacking speech; mute ¹

3. Adjective. Making no sound; silent, speechless ¹

4. Adjective. Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tongueless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tongueless

tongue thrust tongue tie tongue twister tongue twisters tongue worm tongued tonguedness tonguefish tongueflower tongueless (current term)

tongueless frog tongueless frogs tonguelessly tonguelet tonguelets tonguelike tonguely tongues tonguester tonguesters

tongueworm tongueworms tonguey tonguing

Literary usage of Tongueless

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

1. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"... Paining with eloquence her balmy side ; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled in her dell. XXIV. ..."

2. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth. As an opposite example of the general for the particular, cf. Mcb. v. 8. i: The Roman fool. ..."

3. A Year Abroad: Or Sketches of Travel in Great Britain, France and Switzerland by Willard C. George (1852)
"... a tongueless companion all tongue — Lake Zurich — Zug— Arth — thoughts on the poor — Goldan—the avalanche of Rossberg— present ruins — ascent of Righi ..."

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