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teeth

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

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toothy

English

Etymology

From tooth +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tu?.?i/

Adjective

toothy (comparative toothier, superlative toothiest)

  1. Having prominent teeth

Derived terms

  • toothily

Translations

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