Etymology

edental

E1D2E1N1T1A1L1

Today it means: Synonym of edentate. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1840, as both an adjective and noun.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.