Obs. [Fr. encyliglotte (Rabelais), app. a corruption of Gr. ἀγκυλόγλωσσον (*-γλωττον), the condition of being tongue-tied; cf. mod.Fr. ancyloglosse.] The string of the tongue.
1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxxiv. 287–8. The Encyliglotte, which she had under her Tongue, being cut, she spoke.
