toothless

Meaning

Adjective

  • Having no teeth.
  • Weak; having no ability to enforce something.

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Origin

  • From Middle English totheles, toþeles, from Old English tōþlēas, from Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz, equivalent to tooth + -less. Cognate with Dutch tandeloos, German Low German tannlos, German zahnlos, Danish tandløs, Swedish tandlös, Icelandic tannlaus.

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