单词 | meal-mouthed |
释义 | † meal-mouthedadj. Obsolete. = mealy-mouthed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] > of persons, speech ambiguous1560 meal-mouthed1570 mealy-mouthed1571 mealy1573 mealmouth1575 Janian1598 equivocant1609 bird-mouthed1610 equivocating1645 Janus-like1656 Janus-faceda1682 equivocatory1821 Samsonian1861 weasel1912 weasel-worded1923 stuttery1937 bet-hedging1971 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > mealy-mouthed meal-mouthed1570 mealy-mouthed1571 mealmouth1575 potato-mouthed1930 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations iii. 28 These smooth & meale mouthed felowes. 1596 L. Hutton Blacke Dogge of Newgate sig. E2v I will not be meale mouthed, but blab I wist. 1620 I. C. Two Merry Milke-maids i. sig. D2v I am glad my Lord was meale-mouth'd when she was a Milke-Maid. I am sure he gaue her no ill language. 1686 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 199 Dr. Reynell..in his sermon was meale-mouthed and timorous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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