| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Tongue-tied; dumb.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb elinguidly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (elinguidly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective elinguid.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ELINGUID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Elinguid \E*lin"guid\, adjective. [Latin expression elinguis, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; lingua tongue.]. (references) |
