toothlessness
English
noun
Definitions
- The state or condition of being toothless; lack of teeth; edentulism.
- (figuratively) The state of being weak, of having no capability of enforcing something.
Etymology
Suffix from English toothless.
Origin
English
toothless
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- tooth English
- toothless English
- toothlessly English
- totheles Middle English