tongued
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).
Adjective
edittongued (not comparable)
- Resembling a tongue.
- (in combination) Having a particular manner of speaking.
- He's a sharp-tongued boy.
- (of wagons and farm implements) Having a tongue for towing.
- Antonym: tongueless
Derived terms
edit- acid-tongued
- blue-tongued lizard
- blue-tongued skink
- Cadena's long-tongued bat
- close-tongued
- disc-tongued frog
- double-tongued
- false-tngued
- fork-tongued
- foul-tongued
- free-tongued
- golden-tongued
- honey-tongued
- long-tongued
- loose-tongued
- lying-tongued
- many-tongued
- one-tongued
- Patton's long-tongued bat
- quick-tongued
- sharp-tongued
- silver-tongued
- single-tongued
- slick-tongued
- sly-tongued
- smooth-tongued
- smooth-tongued
- soft-tongued
- sweet-tongued
- three-tongued
- treble-tongued
- twi-tongued
- twi-tongued
- two-tongued
- two-tongued
- venomous-tongued
Etymology 2
editVerb
edittongued
- simple past and past participle of tongue