different between toothy vs toothless

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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toothless

English

Etymology

From Middle English totheles, toþeles, from Old English t?þl?as, from Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (toothless), equivalent to tooth +? -less. Cognate with Dutch tandeloos (toothless), German Low German tannlos (toothless), German zahnlos (toothless), Danish tandløs (toothless), Swedish tandlös (toothless), Icelandic tannlaus (toothless).

Adjective

toothless (comparative more toothless, superlative most toothless)

  1. Having no teeth.
  2. (figuratively) Weak; having no ability to enforce something.
    • 1603, Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp
      Not tell? ha! ha! I could smile / At this old and toothless wile.

Synonyms

  • edentulous
  • See also Thesaurus:weak

Related terms

  • toothlessness
  • toothy
  • voice of the toothless one

Translations

Anagrams

  • shootlets

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