Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
tonguey .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Ready or voluble in speaking.
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- adjective Alternative form of
tonguey .
Etymologies
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From Middle English tungy, equivalent to tongue + -y.
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Examples
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The deist, after hearing the sermon, said the speaker was a "fluent, tonguy person, but like others was mistaken."
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