lingua
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gwə
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| —n , pl -guae | |
| 1. | the technical name for tongue |
| 2. | any tongue-like structure |
| [C17: Latin] | |
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Lingua
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
lingua lin·gua (lĭng'gwə)
n. pl. lin·guae (-gwē')
The tongue.
A tonguelike anatomical structure.
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Example sentences
C was an all-purpose language, a kind of lingua franca for the technological age, intended to spur collaboration.
It is also, however, exposing a long-term shortage of local university graduates fluent in the world's lingua franca.
Most of the artists embrace conceptualist strategies that have reigned as an academic lingua franca for three decades.
Actors are different, but we've certainly developed a lingua franca.
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