Lingua

/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of tongue.

    "Let your lingua loiter on its salty, hard surface. When you finally crack the nut, don’t swallow it right away."

  2. 2
    a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity wordnet
  3. 3
    A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

Example

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"Today's lingua francas aren't very Frankish at all."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.

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