Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for scraping or cleaning the teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for scraping the teeth.
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- noun An
instrument forscraping theteeth ; atoothpick .
Etymologies
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Latin dens tooth + scalpere to scrape.
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she commented on the word dentiscalp
A toothpick. From Latin dens, 'tooth' and scalpere, 'to scratch.'
..This word makes me very uncomfortable.
July 11, 2008