mouthyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊði/,

/ˈmaʊθi/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊði/,

/ˈmaʊθi/

Forms: see mouth n. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mouth n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < mouth n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Of a person: characterized by railing, ranting, or the use of bombastic language; loud-mouthed, outspoken, rude. Cf. lippy adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk

babblinga1250

chatteringa1250

drivellinga1475

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

prating1528

bluddering1553

chatting1589

mouthy1589

dribbling1593

tinkling1625

stultiloquious1683

havering1720

vaniloquent1727

haverela1774

havering1808

stultiloquent1845

yattering1859

blethery1889

blithering1889

yackety-yacking1953

yacketing1958

nattering1959

yacking1959

chopsy1974

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic > using bombastic style

mouthy1589

fustian1600

mouthing1627

bombastic1727

ranting1771

bloviating1851

telegraphese1881

sophomoric1891

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. 148 As another said to a mouthy Aduocate, why barkest thou at me so sore?

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. To Rdr. 15 Bestow these thy qualicums (thou mouthy Sophister) vpon some younger eares.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccv. 105 Thou shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey; Because the first is crazed..the third so quaint and mouthey.

1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xii. 137 He..was prone to be mouthy and magniloquent.

a1903 W. F. Shaw in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 182/1 He is the mouthiest fellow I know.

1957 M. Spark Comforters v. 102 Before they said good night, Eleanor, slurred and mouthy, declared, ‘Now, Laurence, take care of Caroline.’

1963 W. H. Boore Valley & Shadow ix. 43 Too free you have been..with your talk... Too mouthy all of you.

1993 Daily Tel. 10 Sept. 13/5 Eighteen months for drugs and, like me, a mouthy little sod.

b. In extended use. Of language, speech, etc.: bombastic, orotund; garrulous. Also occasionally (of a word): satisfying to pronounce.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic

fleshyc1369

windya1382

unmeasureda1425

puffing1566

embossed1578

puffed1587

bombasted1589

fustian1592

puffya1594

full-mouthed1594

orificial1594

gouty1595

swelling1597

mouth-filling1598

taffeta1598

bombast1601

tiptoe-strouting1602

turgidous1602

swollen1605

dropsieda1616

exsufflicatea1616

turgent1621

ampullous1622

tympanous1625

high-flown1632

tumorousa1637

blustered1638

tumid1648

bombastical1649

ranting1650

inflated1652

tuftaffetya1658

pompiona1670

bombastic1704

dropsical1721

thundering1725

turgid1725

exsuffolate1744

Lexiphanic1767

hi cockalorum1783

Ossianic1788

mouthing1814

mouthy1827

sophomoric1837

highfalutin1839

sophomorical1847

spread eagle1853

tumescent1882

Herodian1886

Ossianesque1889

Barnumesque1890

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 737 Much more to the same purpose, mouthy and magnificent.

1887 Athenæum 3 Sept. 302/3 Although somewhat ‘mouthy’, it [sc. the poem] possesses considerable power and impressiveness.

1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 116/2 A consequent reduction of assertion to implication and of alert drama to mouthy rhetoric.

1977 W. Foley No Pipe Dreams for Father 21 Lydie skilfully got all the details of Vernie's forthcoming outfit from my mouthy chatter.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Nov. 22/4 The dragon Smaug, the wicked and menacing Nazgûl, the Ents of Fangorn—such rich and mouthy names keep the mind busy tangling and untangling their phonemes.

1996 Guardian 2 Aug. (Friday Review section) 9/3 Interviews that are 10 parts mouthy bollocks to nil content.

2. Hunting. Of a hound: giving tongue unnecessarily. Also figurative. Cf. tongue n. 7a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [adjective] > (not) making sound > crying too loudly

babbling1578

bawling1594

mouthy1936

1936 E. R. Weismiller Deer come Down 13 The fox..Crouches to watch the mouthy pack.

1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 457 A hound that is noisy and a babbler is said to be ‘mouthy’.

1961 R. Hodgson Coll. Poems 53 Ten-tongued Rumour from her leash ran free—A mouthy brach.

1968 J. F. Gordon Beagle Guide 173 A hound which babbles or is unnecessarily noisy is said to be mouthy.

Derivatives

ˈmouthily adv.

ΚΠ

1908 N.E.D. at Mouthy Mouthily.

1993 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 5 Mar. c4 The Rev. Fenton Brunch..mouthily played by Giancarlo Esposito.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouthy
释义	mouthyadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊði/, /ˈmaʊθi/, U.S. /ˈmaʊði/, /ˈmaʊθi/ Forms: see mouth n. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mouth n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < mouth n. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Of a person: characterized by railing, ranting, or the use of bombastic language; loud-mouthed, outspoken, rude. Cf. lippy adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk babblinga1250 chatteringa1250 drivellinga1475 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 prating1528 bluddering1553 chatting1589 mouthy1589 dribbling1593 tinkling1625 stultiloquious1683 havering1720 vaniloquent1727 haverela1774 havering1808 stultiloquent1845 yattering1859 blethery1889 blithering1889 yackety-yacking1953 yacketing1958 nattering1959 yacking1959 chopsy1974 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic > using bombastic style mouthy1589 fustian1600 mouthing1627 bombastic1727 ranting1771 bloviating1851 telegraphese1881 sophomoric1891 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. 148 As another said to a mouthy Aduocate, why barkest thou at me so sore? 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. To Rdr. 15 Bestow these thy qualicums (thou mouthy Sophister) vpon some younger eares. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccv. 105 Thou shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey; Because the first is crazed..the third so quaint and mouthey. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xii. 137 He..was prone to be mouthy and magniloquent. a1903 W. F. Shaw in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 182/1 He is the mouthiest fellow I know. 1957 M. Spark Comforters v. 102 Before they said good night, Eleanor, slurred and mouthy, declared, ‘Now, Laurence, take care of Caroline.’ 1963 W. H. Boore Valley & Shadow ix. 43 Too free you have been..with your talk... Too mouthy all of you. 1993 Daily Tel. 10 Sept. 13/5 Eighteen months for drugs and, like me, a mouthy little sod. b. In extended use. Of language, speech, etc.: bombastic, orotund; garrulous. Also occasionally (of a word): satisfying to pronounce. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic fleshyc1369 windya1382 unmeasureda1425 puffing1566 embossed1578 puffed1587 bombasted1589 fustian1592 puffya1594 full-mouthed1594 orificial1594 gouty1595 swelling1597 mouth-filling1598 taffeta1598 bombast1601 tiptoe-strouting1602 turgidous1602 swollen1605 dropsieda1616 exsufflicatea1616 turgent1621 ampullous1622 tympanous1625 high-flown1632 tumorousa1637 blustered1638 tumid1648 bombastical1649 ranting1650 inflated1652 tuftaffetya1658 pompiona1670 bombastic1704 dropsical1721 thundering1725 turgid1725 exsuffolate1744 Lexiphanic1767 hi cockalorum1783 Ossianic1788 mouthing1814 mouthy1827 sophomoric1837 highfalutin1839 sophomorical1847 spread eagle1853 tumescent1882 Herodian1886 Ossianesque1889 Barnumesque1890 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 737 Much more to the same purpose, mouthy and magnificent. 1887 Athenæum 3 Sept. 302/3 Although somewhat ‘mouthy’, it [sc. the poem] possesses considerable power and impressiveness. 1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 116/2 A consequent reduction of assertion to implication and of alert drama to mouthy rhetoric. 1977 W. Foley No Pipe Dreams for Father 21 Lydie skilfully got all the details of Vernie's forthcoming outfit from my mouthy chatter. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Nov. 22/4 The dragon Smaug, the wicked and menacing Nazgûl, the Ents of Fangorn—such rich and mouthy names keep the mind busy tangling and untangling their phonemes. 1996 Guardian 2 Aug. (Friday Review section) 9/3 Interviews that are 10 parts mouthy bollocks to nil content. 2. Hunting. Of a hound: giving tongue unnecessarily. Also figurative. Cf. tongue n. 7a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [adjective] > (not) making sound > crying too loudly babbling1578 bawling1594 mouthy1936 1936 E. R. Weismiller Deer come Down 13 The fox..Crouches to watch the mouthy pack. 1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 457 A hound that is noisy and a babbler is said to be ‘mouthy’. 1961 R. Hodgson Coll. Poems 53 Ten-tongued Rumour from her leash ran free—A mouthy brach. 1968 J. F. Gordon Beagle Guide 173 A hound which babbles or is unnecessarily noisy is said to be mouthy. Derivatives ˈmouthily adv. ΚΠ 1908 N.E.D. at Mouthy Mouthily. 1993 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 5 Mar. c4 The Rev. Fenton Brunch..mouthily played by Giancarlo Esposito. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589
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