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Latin
Etymology
From ne- (“not”) + frendō (“grind, gnash”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
nefrēns (genitive nefrendis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- that cannot bite, toothless
- Synonym: ēdentulus
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- “nefrens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nefrens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.