elinguis

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, two-termination) Deprived of a tongue, tongueless.
  2. (declension-3, two-termination) Speechless.
  3. (declension-3, figuratively, two-termination) Without elegance or incapable of elegance.

Pronounced as (IPA)
[eːˈlɪŋ.ɡʷɪs]
Etymology

From ex- (“out of, from”) + lingua (“tongue; language”) + -is.

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