Two-tongued

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having two tongues; double-tongued. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Deceitful; lying; two-faced. broadly, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Possessing the ability to speak two languages; synonym of bilingual. not-comparable, rare

    "Thomas had used "the bilingual sea" in "Quite Early One Morning" (1945), so that "two-tongued" was a product of a natural piece of wordplay."

Synonyms

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bilingualdouble-tongued

Example

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"Thomas had used "the bilingual sea" in "Quite Early One Morning" (1945), so that "two-tongued" was a product of a natural piece of wordplay."

Etymology

From Middle English two-tounged, two tungyd, equivalent to two + tongued. Compare twi-tongued.

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