a. Obs. rare–1. [as if f. a vb. *elingue, ad. L. ēlinguāre (see prec.) + -ED.] Deprived of the tongue; hence fig. tongue-tied, speechless, dumb.
1627. Feltham, Resolves, II. § 37, Wks. (1677), 234. Fear … often leaves him … quite elingued.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
[1775 Ash has Elinguid, citing Coles, who has only Elingued. So 1847 in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.]
