Etymology

tongued

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Today it means: Resembling a tongue. Full definition →

Middle English tonged
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtonged
  2. English todaytongued

From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).

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