Tonguage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tonguage is a noun meaning Any activity involving the tongue; tonguing.
Meaning
Any activity involving the tongue; tonguing.
More Meanings
- (nonstandard, rare) Language; spoken language, as opposed to other forms of language (body language, written language, etc.).
Example Sentences
I like the French now but can't get on with the Italian tonguage (good word).
Whether the ideas underlying them are expressed and conveyed by eyeage or by tonguage is a detail that matters nothing.
We have a language of social relations, even though we're not thoroughly aware of it— but it isn't all "language" in the sense of "tonguage."
In all the districts of Maharashtra except Aurangabad and Bhandara, the number of persons who returned Hindi as a subsidiary language outnumber those with Hindi as mother tonguage.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tonguing, tonguey, tonguer, tonguefuck, tongue, tonging.
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