tonguey

词形变化

tongueys 复数 tongueys tonguier 比较级 tonguier tonguiest more tonguey 比较级 tonguiest 最高级 most tonguey 最高级

别名

tonguy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act or an instance of kissing that involves the use of one's tongue.

    澳大利亚 英国
adj.
  1. 1.

    Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).

    1608, Philip Woodward, Bels Trial Examined, Doai, Preface, Seeing then he is now so mute, that before was so tonguy […]

  2. 2.

    Using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an unfavourable connotation).

    1885, J. H. Battle, Kentucky: A History of the State, Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, “Biographical Sketches,” p. 839, […] personal abuse and tonguy sarcasm are not elements of success in law practice.

  3. 3.

    Manifested by fluent or voluble speech.

  4. 4.

    Involving the tongue.

  5. 5.

    Resembling a tongue.

    1882, Albert Kellogg, Forest Trees of California, Sacramento: J.D. Young, “The Noble Silver Fir,” p. 34, These tonguey bracts or scaly appendages […] never become shorter than the proper cone scales, or so as to be hid from outside view.

词源

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

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