TONGUELESS

mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless

(adjective) expressed without speech; “a mute appeal”; “a silent curse”; “best grief is tongueless”- Emily Dickinson; “the words stopped at her lips unsounded”; “unspoken grief”; “choking exasperation and wordless shame”- Thomas Wolfe

tongueless

(adjective) lacking a tongue; “tongueless moccasins”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tongueless (not comparable)

Having no tongue.

Lacking speech; mute.

Making no sound; silent, speechless.

Expressed without speech; wordless, unspoken.

Synonyms

• (having no tongue): aglossal

Source: Wiktionary


Tongue"less, a.

1. Having no tongue.

2. Hence, speechless; mute. "What tongueless blocks were they! would they not speak" Shak.

3. Unnamed; not spoken of. [Obs.] One good deed dying tongueless. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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