untongue

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untongue

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From un- + tongue.

verb untongues · untonguing · untongued

  1. obsolete, transitive To deprive of a tongue, or of voice. Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice
  2. To take one's tongue off of. Unhand me-- er, untongue me, vile monster!

noun untongues

  1. nonce word Something that is not a tongue but which does something one associates with a tongue. to stay, dying and composing as the untongue licked him toward oblivion and the tenors sang promisisti.

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@misc{untongue_2026,
  title = {untongue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/untongue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}