† double-tonguen.

Forms: see double adj.¹ and tongue n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, tongue n.

Etymology: < double adj.¹ + tongue n.In sense 2 after post-classical Latin bislingua (1530 or earlier).

Obsolete.

1. Duplicity or deceitfulness of speech. (Properly two words, double tongue: see double adj.¹ 5.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > in speech

twispechea950

double-tonguec1386

syllogism1387

reservation1612

ploda1903

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋570 Þe sinne of double tonge suche as speken faire biforn folk and wikkedly bihynde.

14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 121 With dowbull tongis and detraccion.

2. Herbalism. The shrub Ruscus Hypoglossum; so called from the leaves springing from the middle of the leaf-like stalks or phyllodes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun]

knee-hollyc1000

butcher's broom1538

petigrew1538

horse-tongue1562

knee-holm1562

knee-hull1562

ruscus1562

double-tongue1578

prickly box1578

tongue-blade1578

ground-myrtle1601

uvularia1706

Alexandrian laurel1760

punnai1794

shepherd's myrtlec1840

Jew's myrtle1856

knee-hul-

knee-hulver-

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xiii. 674 Double-tongue hath..thicke brownish leaues..vppon the whiche there groweth in the midle of euery leafe another smal leafe fashioned like a tongue.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 284 (margin) Bislingua. Horse-tongue, or Double-tongue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	double-tongue
释义	† double-tonguen. Forms: see double adj.¹ and tongue n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: double adj.¹, tongue n. Etymology: < double adj.¹ + tongue n.In sense 2 after post-classical Latin bislingua (1530 or earlier). Obsolete. 1. Duplicity or deceitfulness of speech. (Properly two words, double tongue: see double adj.¹ 5.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > in speech twispechea950 double-tonguec1386 syllogism1387 reservation1612 ploda1903 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋570 Þe sinne of double tonge suche as speken faire biforn folk and wikkedly bihynde. 14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 121 With dowbull tongis and detraccion. 2. Herbalism. The shrub Ruscus Hypoglossum; so called from the leaves springing from the middle of the leaf-like stalks or phyllodes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun] knee-hollyc1000 butcher's broom1538 petigrew1538 horse-tongue1562 knee-holm1562 knee-hull1562 ruscus1562 double-tongue1578 prickly box1578 tongue-blade1578 ground-myrtle1601 uvularia1706 Alexandrian laurel1760 punnai1794 shepherd's myrtlec1840 Jew's myrtle1856 knee-hul- knee-hulver- 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xiii. 674 Double-tongue hath..thicke brownish leaues..vppon the whiche there groweth in the midle of euery leafe another smal leafe fashioned like a tongue. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 284 (margin) Bislingua. Horse-tongue, or Double-tongue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1386
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