two-tongued

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two-tongued

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From Middle English two-tounged, two tungyd, equivalent to two + tongued. Compare twi-tongued.

adjective

not comparable Having two tongues; double-tongued.
broadly, not comparable Deceitful; lying; two-faced.
not comparable, 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.

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@misc{two_tongued_2026,
  title = {two-tongued},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/two-tongued},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}