toothcombing
See also: tooth-combing
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
toothcombing (comparative more toothcombing, superlative most toothcombing)
- Of an analysis, a search, etc.: very thorough; detailed.
- 2010, Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass, Arrow, published 2011, page 30:
- Gladstone's toothcombing analysis of what the poems said and—sometimes even more importantly—what they did not say thus led him to remarkable discoveries about the cultural world of the ancient Greeks.
Verb edit
toothcombing
- present participle and gerund of toothcomb
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
toothcombing (plural toothcombings)