wangtoothとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English wangtooth, from 古期英語 wangtōþ (“molar, grinder”), equivalent to wang (“cheek”) +‎ tooth. More at wang, tooth.

名詞

wangtooth (複数形 wangteeth)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A molar.
   • 1976, Bartlett Jere Whiting, Respectfully and Finally Submitted:

     All at once, an epiphany of sorts, his wangtooth roving through the binding caught upon a manuscript fragment which to all appearances is the missing conclusion of the Hous.

   • 2006, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night:

     Then he asked leave a third time, and the youth, knowing that, if the Khalif assented yet once more, it would be the signal of his death, laughed till his wang-teeth appeared; […]