teeth

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.

• IPA^(key): /tiːθ/

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• Rhymes: -iːθ

teeth

1. plural of tooth
2. (plural only) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

• (plural of "tooth"): chompers, pearly whites
• (ability to be enforced): enforceability

• toothless