Languet Definition

lănggwĭt, lăng-gwĕt
noun
A thing or part resembling the tongue in shape or use.
Webster's New World

(archaic) A narrow tongue of land.

Wiktionary

(zoology) A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates.

Wiktionary

Origin of Languet

  • Middle English from Old French languete diminutive of langue tongue from Latin lingua dn̥ghū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French languete (modern languette), diminutive of langue ‘tongue’, from Latin lingua.

    From Wiktionary

Languet Sentence Examples

  • His request being granted, Languet spent the last years of his life mainly in the Low Countries, and though nominally still in the service of the elector, he undertook a mission to England for John Casimir of Bavaria and was a valuable adviser to William the Silent, prince of Orange.

  • Languet died at Antwerp on the 30th of September 1581.

  • The authorship of the work by which Languet is best known has been disputed.

  • The authorship of Languet was supported by Peter Bayle (for reasons stated in the form of a supplement to the Dictionnaire) and confirmed by practically all later writers.

  • The work has been frequently reprinted, the Leipzig edition (1846) containing a life of Languet by Treitschke.

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Words Starting With

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