two-tongued
adjEtymology From Middle English two-tounged, two tungyd, equivalent to two + tongued. Compare twi-tongued.
1
Having two tongues; double-tongued.
2
Broadly Deceitful; lying; two-faced.
3
Rare Possessing the ability to speak two languages; synonym of bilingual.
- Thomas had used "the bilingual sea" in "Quite Early One Morning" (1945), so that "two-tongued" was a product of a natural piece of wordplay.1963, Ralph Maud, Entrances to Dylan Thomas' poetry:
- It is through the voice-over (fully bilingual, because, as the narrator announces, this will be an “f...ing Canadian film”) that the narrator demonstrates both the positive and the negative aspects of the two-tongued individual.2006, Sherry Simon, Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided City: