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Definition: ELINGUATION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Punishment by cutting out the tongue.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Elinguation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Elinguation \E`lin*gua"tion\, noun. [Latin expression elinguatio. See Elinguid.]. (references)

Definition: ELINGUATION

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Punishment by cutting out the tongue.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ELINGUATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Elinguation \E`lin*gua"tion\, noun. [Latin expression elinguatio. See Elinguid.]. (references)