gap-toothed

gap-toothed (sense 1)

Meaning

Adjective

  • exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors
  • exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth

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Origin

  • From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tothed, equivalent to gap + toothed.

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