tonguelessadj.

/ˈtʌŋlɪs/

Etymology: See -less suffix.

1. literal. Having no tongue, without a tongue.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > other deformities

tongueless1398

unbowelled1592

liverless1598

dicephalous1808

disomatous1857

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. xxxii Amonge beestes of þe londe he [the crocodile] is tungles.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hi/2 Tonguelesse, elinguis e.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gouttreuse, a certain white, long-beaked, and tonglesse bird [a pelican].

1738 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 524/1 I doubt very much, whether a Tongueless Person, or one that is without a Roof to the Mouth, can Taste.

1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. iv. vi. 267 The miracle of the tongueless confessor is mentioned by Gibbon as resting on remarkably good evidence.

1879 J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana 171 (note) Herodotus, too, who was a keen observer of the crocodile, repeats the idea that it is tongueless.

1907 Q. Rev. July 201 The most revered objects in the ti are the bells, usually tongueless.

a. Without the faculty of voice or speech, dumb, mute; also, without speaking, speechless, silent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent

coyc1330

stone-still1338

quietc1384

softa1393

peacec1400

swownc1400

tongueless1447

clumc1485

mutec1500

whist1513

silent1542

dead1548

husht1557

whisted1557

whust1558

whisht1570

huisht1576

quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584

fordead1593

noiseless1608

whisha1612

dumba1616

soundlessa1616

st1655

silentish1737

defta1763

sleeping1785

untoned1807

mousy1812

soughless1851

deathlike1856

whisperless1863

deathly1865

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [adjective] > dumb

speechlessa1000

dumbc1000

deaf and dumb?c1225

mutec1400

tongueless1447

voiceless1535

wordless1648

tongue-tied1707

deaf-dumb1822

deaf-mute1837

utterless1854

unspeakable1888

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 196 Why stonde ye thus stylle, be ye tunglees?

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 287^v That persone, by whose benefite thou art made of a tounglesse bodye, eloquente.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xxxi. 96 We go with our heads hanging,..our mouthes tonguelesse.

1630 J. Taylor Anagrams & Sonn. in Wks. ii. 256/2 Now chirping birds are all turn'd tounglesse mutes.

1824 J. Symmons tr. Æschylus Agamemnon 73 The mighty judges heard the tongueless plea.

b. Said of things.

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 105 Euen from the tounglesse Cauernes of the earth.

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 92 The consent of the Church alone..ought to be of greater esteeme..than all mute and tonguelesse Bookes.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) I. 138 There is eloquence in the tongueless wind.

1868 J. H. Newman Verses Var. Occasions 9 I cannot bear those sullen walls, Those eyeless towers, those tongueless halls.

†3. Not spoken of; unmentioned. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective]

unawnedc1175

unconfesseda1500

unpresented1523

undeclared1526

unrevealed1529

unproclaimed1570

undisclosed1571

unbetrayed1595

mystical1600

unbewrayed1605

undivulged1608

unpublished1608

irrevealed1610

tonguelessa1616

undiscovereda1616

unaffirmeda1631

unprofessed1647

unphrased1663

in poigne1710

napkined1756

unavowed1790

unsignified1809

unsunned1814

expressionless1819

inexpressed1821

unindicated1825

unblazoned1830

inostensible1843

unjournalized1843

unaverred1850

unexhibited1862

unadvertised1864

hermetic1954

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 94 One good deed, dying tonguelesse, Slaughters a thousand, wayting vpon that.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tongueless
释义	tonguelessadj. /ˈtʌŋlɪs/ Etymology: See -less suffix. 1. literal. Having no tongue, without a tongue. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > other deformities tongueless1398 unbowelled1592 liverless1598 dicephalous1808 disomatous1857 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. xxxii Amonge beestes of þe londe he [the crocodile] is tungles. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hi/2 Tonguelesse, elinguis e. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gouttreuse, a certain white, long-beaked, and tonglesse bird [a pelican]. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 524/1 I doubt very much, whether a Tongueless Person, or one that is without a Roof to the Mouth, can Taste. 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. iv. vi. 267 The miracle of the tongueless confessor is mentioned by Gibbon as resting on remarkably good evidence. 1879 J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima & Brit. Guiana 171 (note) Herodotus, too, who was a keen observer of the crocodile, repeats the idea that it is tongueless. 1907 Q. Rev. July 201 The most revered objects in the ti are the bells, usually tongueless. 2. a. Without the faculty of voice or speech, dumb, mute; also, without speaking, speechless, silent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [adjective] > dumb speechlessa1000 dumbc1000 deaf and dumb?c1225 mutec1400 tongueless1447 voiceless1535 wordless1648 tongue-tied1707 deaf-dumb1822 deaf-mute1837 utterless1854 unspeakable1888 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 196 Why stonde ye thus stylle, be ye tunglees? 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 287^v That persone, by whose benefite thou art made of a tounglesse bodye, eloquente. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xxxi. 96 We go with our heads hanging,..our mouthes tonguelesse. 1630 J. Taylor Anagrams & Sonn. in Wks. ii. 256/2 Now chirping birds are all turn'd tounglesse mutes. 1824 J. Symmons tr. Æschylus Agamemnon 73 The mighty judges heard the tongueless plea. b. Said of things. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 105 Euen from the tounglesse Cauernes of the earth. View more context for this quotation 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 92 The consent of the Church alone..ought to be of greater esteeme..than all mute and tonguelesse Bookes. a1822 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) I. 138 There is eloquence in the tongueless wind. 1868 J. H. Newman Verses Var. Occasions 9 I cannot bear those sullen walls, Those eyeless towers, those tongueless halls. †3. Not spoken of; unmentioned. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective] unawnedc1175 unconfesseda1500 unpresented1523 undeclared1526 unrevealed1529 unproclaimed1570 undisclosed1571 unbetrayed1595 mystical1600 unbewrayed1605 undivulged1608 unpublished1608 irrevealed1610 tonguelessa1616 undiscovereda1616 unaffirmeda1631 unprofessed1647 unphrased1663 in poigne1710 napkined1756 unavowed1790 unsignified1809 unsunned1814 expressionless1819 inexpressed1821 unindicated1825 unblazoned1830 inostensible1843 unjournalized1843 unaverred1850 unexhibited1862 unadvertised1864 hermetic1954 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 94 One good deed, dying tonguelesse, Slaughters a thousand, wayting vpon that. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1398
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