单词 | three-tongued |
释义 | three-tonguedadj. Having three tongues; also, knowing or using three languages, trilingual. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [adjective] > trilingual three-tongued1594 trilinguar1824 trilingual1834 triglot1890 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xi. 152 The vowels and phrases of speech hold a very different signification from that which the vulgar and three-tounged men [It. gli huomini uolgari, & di tre lingue] do know. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 18 That Doeg aforesaid..was trilinguis, three-tongued. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. iii. xi. 22 From his three-tongu'd Jaws [L. ore trilingui] the Poison flow'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1594 |
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