incisor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws

Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

He has an incisor to every saint in the calendar. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor
Forty teeth: namely, 10 twenty-four grinders, four eyeteeth, and twelve incisors. — Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year, E. C. (Ernest Clark) Hartwell
"The only offensive thing I have is a pair of incisors," said the water-rat. — "Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character, Douglas English

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