Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
noun
plural of tooth · Unpleasant oral sex
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.
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