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Definition: Tongue-tie |
Tongue-tieVerb1. Deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tongue-tie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1924. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "tongue-tie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 舌头 " (tongue-tied). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ankyloglossi (ankyloglossia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lingua fraenata (ankyloglossia), ankyloglossum (ankyloglossia), ankyloglosson (ankyloglossia), ankyloglossie (ankyloglossia), ankyloglossia (ankyloglossia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kireäkielisyys (ankyloglossia), ankyloglossia (ankyloglossia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ankyloglosse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ankyloglossus (ankyloglossia), Ankyloglosson (ankyloglossia), Ankyloglossis (ankyloglossia), Ankyloglossie (ankyloglossia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γλωσσοδέτης (ankyloglossia), γλωσσοδεσία (ankyloglossia), αγκυλογλωσσία (ankyloglossia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | anchiloglossia (ankyloglossia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 혀 매십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ongue-tietay anquiloglosse (ankyloglossia), anciloglosse (ankyloglossia). (various references) связывать язык/ косноязычие. (various references) poca facilidad al hablar, anquiloglosia (ankyloglossia). (various references) недорікуватість, дефект мовного апарату. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-n-o-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: touting. | |
-3 letters: gotten, gunite, outing, teeing, tentie, tenuti, tenuto, toeing, tongue, toting. | |
-4 letters: genet, genie, ingot, tenet, tenge, tigon, tinge, togue, tutee, ungot, unite, untie. | |
-5 letters: etui, gene, gent, genu, gien, gone, gout, into, nett, nite, note, ogee, teen, tent, tine, ting, tint, toit, tone, tong, tote, tout, tune, tung, unit, unto. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-n-o-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: outsteering. | |
+4 letters: counterweight, deuteragonist, electrocuting, telecommuting. | |
+5 letters: counterfeiting, counterweights, deuteragonists, fortunetelling, ultimogeniture. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 6E 67 75 65 2D 74 69 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01101110 01100111 01110101 01100101 00101101 01110100 01101001 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o n g u e - t i e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006E 0067 0075 0065 002D 0074 0069 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54818073877115867571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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