Etymology

tonguey

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Today it means: Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation). Full definition →

Middle English tungy
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtungy
  2. English todaytonguey

From Middle English tungy, tungi, equivalent to tongue + -y. Compare Old English tynġe (“fluent, eloquent, skillful”).

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