Definition of TONGUEY

tonguey

Meanings

Plural: tongueys

Adj

  • Tending to talk a lot; fluent or voluble in speech (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
  • Using many words; containing grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance (generally with an unfavourable connotation).
  • Manifested by fluent or voluble speech.
  • Involving the tongue.
  • Resembling a tongue.

Noun

  • An act or an instance of kissing that involves the use of one's tongue.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tungy, tungi, equivalent to tongue + -y. Compare Old English tynġe (“fluent, eloquent, skillful”).

Synonyms

bombastic, flowery, French kiss, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, verbose

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