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Definitions for tongueless
tongue·less

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tonguelessadjective

    lacking a tongue

    "tongueless moccasins"

  2. mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordlessadjective

    expressed without speech

    "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe

Wiktionary

  1. tonguelessadjective

    Having no tongue

  2. tonguelessadjective

    Lacking speech; mute

  3. tonguelessadjective

    Making no sound; silent, speechless

  4. tonguelessadjective

    Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tonguelessadjective

    Etymology: from tongue.

    What tongueless blocks, would they not speak? William Shakespeare.

    Our grave,
    Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth. William Shakespeare.

    That blood, like sacrificing Abel’s, cries,
    Even from the tongueless caverns of the earth,
    To me, for justice. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

    One good deed, dying tongueless,
    Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. tongueless

    Tongueless refers to a person, animal, or thing that does not have a tongue. This could be due to a medical condition, accident, or in the case of certain inanimate objects, it could simply mean the absence of a part or feature referred to as a "tongue." Metaphorically, it can also refer to someone who is unable or unwilling to speak.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tonguelessadjective

    having no tongue

  2. Tonguelessadjective

    hence, speechless; mute

  3. Tonguelessadjective

    unnamed; not spoken of

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tongueless in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tongueless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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