different between teeth vs teethly

English

Etymology

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English t?þ, nominative plural of t?þ, from earlier *tœ?þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dóntes, nominative plural of *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

teeth

1. plural of tooth

Noun

teeth pl (plural only)

1. (informal) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

Synonyms

• (plural of "tooth"): chompers, pearly whites, Hampstead Heath
• (ability to be enforced): enforceability

Derived terms

Verb

teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

1. Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
   • 1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies (page 81)

     Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.

See also

• toothless

English

Etymology

From teeth +? -ly. Compare toothly.

Adjective

teethly (comparative more teethly, superlative most teethly)

1. (very rare, nonstandard) Of or pertaining to teeth; dental; full of teeth.
   • 1892, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection: Volume 2231:

     [...] I altered generally to dirty grayish white or on thick layer of medium showed more or less rosy coloration, without wrinkles, granular developement and teethly growth on either side of the streak; [...]

   • 1998, Laurent Chrzanovski, D. V. Zhuravlev, Lamps from Chersonesos in the State Historical Museum, Moscow:

     The fish, which ^[sic] scales, fins and tail are very carefully rendered, opens deeply his teethly mouth.

Synonyms

• teethy, toothly, toothy