lingua
noun
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
linguae
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pluralof lingua.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1532 appeared his Thesaurus linguae Latinae, a dictionary of Latin words and phrases, upon which for two years he had toiled incessantly, with no other assistance than that of Thierry of Beauvais.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
You know I am homo unius linguae: in English, illiterate, a dunce, a ninny.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
Tom grinned—but seeing no one stir, "Another lapsus linguae, sir!"
From The Canadian Elocutionist by Anna Kelsey Howard
"Where is he going?" was Warren's lapsus linguae, at this bit of news.
From The Voice on the Wire by Eustace Hale Ball
