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Latin
Etymology
Coined by Plautus, seemingly from dentifrangibulum by personification and transfer from the neuter gender to the masculine, from dēns (“tooth”) + frangō (“break”) + -bulum.
Pronunciation
Noun
dentifrangibulus m (genitive dentifrangibulī); second declension
- (hapax, humorous) someone who breaks other people’s teeth; a tooth-breaker
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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