tongueless
adjEtymology From Middle English tongeles, tunglees, equivalent to tongue + -less. Cognate with Old Norse tungulauss (“tongueless”).
› Having no tongue.
1
Of an animal or person Having no tongue whether through its normal nature, because of birth defect, or because of amputation.
- tongueless amphibians
2
Of wagons and farm implements Having no tongue because hitched in another way.
- tongueless plow
3
Lacking speech; mute.
4
Making no sound; silent, speechless.
5
Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.
- Derived terms
- tongueless frog, tonguelessly, tonguelessness
- Related terms
- untongued