单词 | foul-tongued |
释义 | foul-tonguedadj. Given to speaking in an offensive or disgraceful way, (now) spec. given to using coarse or obscene language; foul-mouthed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > given to swearing or profanity ill-tongueda1300 foul-moutheda1470 foul-tongued1549 foul-spoken1574 rough-mouthed1646 foulmouth1661 damning1667 swearing1796 expletive1841 hard-mouthed1864 potty-mouthed1987 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. iii. f. viv Foule tounged people [L. maledici]. 1669 R. Baxter Direct. Weak Distempered Christians Pref. sig. A8 As peevish, and discontented, and foul-tongued, and unkind, and contemptuous, and disobedient, as those that have no Religion. 1773 Gen. Evening Post 6–8 July The whole neighbourhood knew her to be a drunken, foul-tongued creature. 1840 C. I. Johnstone Violet Hamilton in Edinb. Tales (1846) II. 257/2 You foul-tongued Scotch beldame. 1950 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 May 289/1 The foul-tongued children who graduate into early back-alley sexual experience. 2020 @cellsecrets 29 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Mar. 2021) I've lost the sound of your tender voice amongst the screaming of foul-tongued men spewing profanity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1549 |
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