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单词 meal-mouthed
释义

meal-mouthedadj.

Forms: see meal n.1 and mouthed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meal n.1, mouthed adj.
Etymology: < meal n.1 + mouthed adj., after mealmouth n. Compare mealy-mouthed adj.
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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