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Of the tongue
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lingual
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lingual \Lin"gual\ (l[i^ ng]"gwal), a. [L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue , and cf. Language .] Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. lying near the tongue; especially, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lingual may refer to: Tongue , a muscular hydrostat on the floors of the mouths of most vertebrates which manipulates food for mastication Lingual , in palaeontology, the side of the teeth that faces the tongue Lingual artery , arises from the external ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" [syn: linguistic ] [ant: nonlinguistic ] pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue; "lingual inflammation"; "the lingual surface of the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from Medieval Latin lingualis "of the tongue," from Latin lingua "tongue," also "speech, language," from Old Latin dingua , from PIE *dnghu- "tongue" (cognates: Old English tunge , Gothic tuggo "tongue;" see tongue ). Altered in Latin probably in ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Related to the tongue. 2 Related to language or linguistics. 3 (context phonetics English) articulated with the tongue 4 (context dentistry English) Of a lower tooth, on the side facing the tongue. See mesial. n. (context phonetics English) a sound ...
Usage examples of lingual.
Peter felt heat on his face when he saw that several of the women lay on their bellies between the legs of pink men, each with a cock in her mouth, but eyes turned up to the school lesson -- except for one or two who lay reversed atop pink men, also mouthing cocks and presumably enjoying lingual play in their own thighs.
Male mouths, many bearded, were often shown in contact with female orifices and breasts, but the angles and lighting were always such that he found no evidence of unusual lingual capability.
What he asked, instead, after a lacerating lingual nip, was a question about the role and features of the Pachomian Order.
Krishaber speaks of a case of lingual menstruation at the epoch of menstruation.
They lie in the orgy for weeks, enduring thousands upon thousands of lingual insertions, but never notice from whence those tongues sprout.