mealy-mouthn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːlɪmaʊθ/, U.S.

/ˈmiliˌmaʊθ/

Forms: see mealy adj. and mouth n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mealy adj., mouth n.

Etymology: < mealy adj. + mouth n. Compare earlier mealmouth n. and mealy-mouthed adj.

a. The mouth, voice, or manner of speaking of a mealy-mouthed person.

ΚΠ

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. B3 This wench with the mealy mouth that wil neuer tire, is my wife I can tel you.

1726 E. Ward News from Madrid 33 E're the Baker's mealy Mouth Could tell the sturdy Lout the Truth, He thought 'twas best for his Design, That both should be refresh'd with Wine.

1838 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 299 Bless its mealy mouth!

1862 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors (1862) xiii. 156 Well-fed Vicars of Bray..with mealy mouths and elastic consciences.

1919 J. C. Snaith Love Lane xlvii. 254 It was no use having a divided mind, it was no use having a mealy-mouth.

1969 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 35 79 What would the New Left do without the old middles, damn their mealy mouths?

b. A mealy-mouthed person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > exploiter of

mealmouth1546

Tom Double1704

double-meaner1712

mealy-mouth1861

amphibian1902

1861 Harper's Mag. June 112/1 My good friend Mealy-mouth, I will trouble you to tell me, do you go to church?

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 100 Mealy-Mooth.., eny body 'at's mealy-moothed's o' that sooart.

1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 37 Mealy mouth, fault finding customer.

1942 Scrutiny 10 400 Iudushka, the chief character, is the apotheosis of the mealy-mouth.

1982 Underground Grammarian Sept. 3/2 We can say that ‘the professor’ is a boob and a charlatan, and a mealy-mouth too, with his hokey ‘material’.

1992 N. Cohn Heart of World vii. 79 What I couldn't stand was the mealymouths and muckety-mucks, the creeping Jesuses, the smooth men.

2. British regional. Any of several birds, as the willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, or the whitethroat, Sylvia communis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia communis (whitethroat)

whey-beard1614

glut1661

muff1661

whitethroat1673

nettle-monger1712

whitethroat warbler1817

whey-bird1825

muggy1829

nettle-tom1830

muffit1837

mufty1837

nettle creeper1845

feather-bed1854

jackstraw1879

feather-bird1885

mealy-mouth1885

miller1885

muffya1886

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Phylloscopus > species trochilus (willow-warbler)

willow-wren1766

wood-wren1794

feather-poke1831

ground-wren1837

willow-warbler1846

feather-bed1854

mealy-mouth1885

sally picker1885

ox-eye1888

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 26 Willow Warbler..Mealy mouth (Craven).

1961 Countryman 58 468 A missel thrush is a ‘greybird’..the whitethroat a ‘mealymouth’ [in S. Pembrokeshire].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mealy-mouthv.

Brit.

/ˈmiːlɪmaʊθ/, U.S.

/ˈmiliˌmaʊθ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mealy-mouth n.

Etymology: < mealy-mouth n.

Chiefly U.S. (originally Black English).

intransitive and transitive. To speak indecisively (about); to equivocate, esp. due to timidity or fear.

ΚΠ

1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine i. 18 You mealy-moufin' round cause you skeered tuh talk back.

1967 G. Davis in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 346 The Sunday after father let the man from the State Fish and Game Board mealy-mouth the morning service, I decided to go down to see Rashman.

1986 N.Z. Listener 15 Feb. 50/1 There he was,..writhing round to a grandiose backing tape while mealy-mouthing the most banally ‘shocking’ lyrics.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mealy-mouth
释义	mealy-mouthn. Brit. /ˈmiːlɪmaʊθ/, U.S. /ˈmiliˌmaʊθ/ Forms: see mealy adj. and mouth n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mealy adj., mouth n. Etymology: < mealy adj. + mouth n. Compare earlier mealmouth n. and mealy-mouthed adj. 1. a. The mouth, voice, or manner of speaking of a mealy-mouthed person. ΚΠ 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. B3 This wench with the mealy mouth that wil neuer tire, is my wife I can tel you. 1726 E. Ward News from Madrid 33 E're the Baker's mealy Mouth Could tell the sturdy Lout the Truth, He thought 'twas best for his Design, That both should be refresh'd with Wine. 1838 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 299 Bless its mealy mouth! 1862 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors (1862) xiii. 156 Well-fed Vicars of Bray..with mealy mouths and elastic consciences. 1919 J. C. Snaith Love Lane xlvii. 254 It was no use having a divided mind, it was no use having a mealy-mouth. 1969 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 35 79 What would the New Left do without the old middles, damn their mealy mouths? b. A mealy-mouthed person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > exploiter of mealmouth1546 Tom Double1704 double-meaner1712 mealy-mouth1861 amphibian1902 1861 Harper's Mag. June 112/1 My good friend Mealy-mouth, I will trouble you to tell me, do you go to church? 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 100 Mealy-Mooth.., eny body 'at's mealy-moothed's o' that sooart. 1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 37 Mealy mouth, fault finding customer. 1942 Scrutiny 10 400 Iudushka, the chief character, is the apotheosis of the mealy-mouth. 1982 Underground Grammarian Sept. 3/2 We can say that ‘the professor’ is a boob and a charlatan, and a mealy-mouth too, with his hokey ‘material’. 1992 N. Cohn Heart of World vii. 79 What I couldn't stand was the mealymouths and muckety-mucks, the creeping Jesuses, the smooth men. 2. British regional. Any of several birds, as the willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, or the whitethroat, Sylvia communis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia communis (whitethroat) whey-beard1614 glut1661 muff1661 whitethroat1673 nettle-monger1712 whitethroat warbler1817 whey-bird1825 muggy1829 nettle-tom1830 muffit1837 mufty1837 nettle creeper1845 feather-bed1854 jackstraw1879 feather-bird1885 mealy-mouth1885 miller1885 muffya1886 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Phylloscopus > species trochilus (willow-warbler) willow-wren1766 wood-wren1794 feather-poke1831 ground-wren1837 willow-warbler1846 feather-bed1854 mealy-mouth1885 sally picker1885 ox-eye1888 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 26 Willow Warbler..Mealy mouth (Craven). 1961 Countryman 58 468 A missel thrush is a ‘greybird’..the whitethroat a ‘mealymouth’ [in S. Pembrokeshire]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mealy-mouthv. Brit. /ˈmiːlɪmaʊθ/, U.S. /ˈmiliˌmaʊθ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mealy-mouth n. Etymology: < mealy-mouth n. Chiefly U.S. (originally Black English). intransitive and transitive. To speak indecisively (about); to equivocate, esp. due to timidity or fear. ΚΠ 1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine i. 18 You mealy-moufin' round cause you skeered tuh talk back. 1967 G. Davis in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 346 The Sunday after father let the man from the State Fish and Game Board mealy-mouth the morning service, I decided to go down to see Rashman. 1986 N.Z. Listener 15 Feb. 50/1 There he was,..writhing round to a grandiose backing tape while mealy-mouthing the most banally ‘shocking’ lyrics. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600v.1934
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