单词 | elinguid |
释义 | elinguidadj. Now rare. Mute, speechless; = elingued adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > characterized by lack of speech dumba1538 silent1549 secret1556 wordless1594 mump1599 speechless1726 elinguid1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Elinguid (adj. from the Lat. e from, and lingua the tongue) Tongue tied, dumb. 1809 C. Cuthbertson Santo Sebastiano II. vi. 130 Son George! are you elinguid: Why so amort? 1870 J. C. Van Tramp Prairie & Rocky Mountain Adventures 440 An Asylum for Elinguid Mutes at Danville, and one for the Blind at Louisville. 1936 A. M. Harmon tr. Lucian Wks. V. 313 ‘What was that you said, Eudemus?’ said I. ‘Do you enjoin alogy upon us as if we were inarticulate and elinguid?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1775 |
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